华东师范大学(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2012, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 59-64.

• 伦理学研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

寻求生活意义的两种哲学进路
——以西西弗神话为例

蔡蓁   

  1. 华东师范大学哲学系, 上海, 200241
  • 出版日期:2012-07-15 发布日期:2012-09-12
  • 通讯作者: 蔡蓁
  • 作者简介:蔡蓁
  • 基金资助:

    本文为上海市浦江人才计划与国家社科基金重大项目(10&ZD064)的阶段性成果。

On Two Philosophical Approaches to the Meaning of Life

CAI Zhen   

  • Online:2012-07-15 Published:2012-09-12
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摘要: 以西西弗神话为出发点,寻求生活的意义具有两种基本的哲学进路。一种进路是旨在通过为人类生活找到一个最终的目的来解释生活的价值与意义,主要有宗教的解释和虚无主义的解释;另一种进路是在生活的内部,即我们所从事的事情本身中寻找生活的意义。其中具有代表性的是泰勒所提出的主观主义进路,针对伍尔芙的批评,通过援引法兰克福的动机理论可以对泰勒的观点提出一种可能的修正。

关键词: 生活的意义, 西西弗神话, 目的, 欲望

Abstract: Starting from the reflection on myth of Sisyphus, we can find two major approaches to the meaning of life. The first approach attempts to explain the meaning of life by appealing to the concept of the final end of human life. On this line of thought there are religious account and the nihilist account, however, these two accounts fail in some important ways. The second approach is to find the meaning of life within human life, that is, the activities that we are engaging in and the attitudes that one holds towards them. Richard Taylor’s subjective concept of the meaning of life is a major representative for this approach. His position can be rectified against Susan Wolf’s challenges by appealing to Frankfurt’s account of human desires.