01526nam a22001817a 4500 20241127151851.0 241127b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d LDD Kugler, Peter Meaning Autonomy and Objective Meaning in Life Calcutta : Sage, 2024 p. 150-159 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09716858231185619 Vol. 30(2) Subjectivism states that meaning in life is determined by what subjects regard as meaningful. Objectivism denies this. The main argument against subjectivism is that it allows for seemingly worthless, or even immoral, sources of meaning. Objectivism, on the other hand, does not do justice to the role of subjective perspectives in the quest for meaning. This paper addresses the shortcomings of both positions by referring to the objective value of ‘meaning autonomy’, defined here as the freedom to determine for oneself what is meaningful in life. While the notion of meaning autonomy is compatible with realist objectivism, objectivity is understood in a non-realist sense in this paper, as being based on cultural standards of meaningfulness. Subjective meaning may be attached to ‘worthless’ activities, but it cannot contradict the moral norms of the society that grants its members meaning autonomy. Immoral Sources of Meaning click here to online access https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09716858231185619 ddc ARTICLES 0 193287 193287 2024-11-27 15:19:32 0 2024-11-27 ARTICLES 0 ddc 0 0 0 LDD LDD 2024-11-27