The category of meaning or meaningfulness recently has received widespread attention within the debate on the good life. Indeed, many authors suppose that any comprehensive normative theory of the good life needs to include an account of the meaningful life, understood as one of its particular value dimensions. Usually, this syntagma is understood in terms of referring to a certain valuable aspect of a 42 Einleitung: Das Schöne, Wahre und Gute given life or one of its temporal parts, labelled as praiseworthy, significant, or admirable. Controversy abounds, however, when it comes to questions such as whether the meaningful life constitutes an independent value category within the good life, or, if so, how this category relates to the other, more established categories of the good life like human well-being. The articles collected in this special issue attempt to contribute to the controversies on the understanding of the multi-layered dimension of the meaningful life and try to shed further light on it.
最近,在关于美好生活的争论中,意义或有意义的范畴受到了广泛关注。事实上,许多作者认为,任何关于美好生活的全面规范理论都需要包括对有意义生活的描述,并将其理解为其特定的价值维度之一。通常,这个语法被理解为指的是一个42的有价值的方面:Das Schöne, Wahre und Gute被赋予生命或其时间部分之一,被标记为值得赞扬的,重要的,或令人钦佩的。然而,当涉及到诸如有意义的生活是否在美好生活中构成一个独立的价值类别,或者,如果是,这个类别如何与其他更成熟的美好生活类别(如人类福祉)相关联等问题时,争议就很多了。这期特刊所收录的文章,试图对有意义人生的多层维度的理解上的争议有所贡献,并试图进一步阐明这一问题。
{"title":"Einleitung: Das Schöne, Wahre und Gute – Das sinnvolle Leben in der Diskussion","authors":"Michael Kühler, Sebastian Muders, Markus Rüthers","doi":"10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"The category of meaning or meaningfulness recently has received widespread attention within the debate on the good life. Indeed, many authors suppose that any comprehensive normative theory of the good life needs to include an account of the meaningful life, understood as one of its particular value dimensions. Usually, this syntagma is understood in terms of referring to a certain valuable aspect of a 42 Einleitung: Das Schöne, Wahre und Gute given life or one of its temporal parts, labelled as praiseworthy, significant, or admirable. Controversy abounds, however, when it comes to questions such as whether the meaningful life constitutes an independent value category within the good life, or, if so, how this category relates to the other, more established categories of the good life like human well-being. The articles collected in this special issue attempt to contribute to the controversies on the understanding of the multi-layered dimension of the meaningful life and try to shed further light on it.","PeriodicalId":53352,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47699480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Viktor Frankl und die gegenwärtige philosophische Sinndiskussion. Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des sinnvollen Lebens in Psychotherapie, Psychiatrie und Philosophie","authors":"R. Kipke","doi":"10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53352,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46404064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Die Eigenständigkeit des sinnvollen Lebens innerhalb des guten Lebens","authors":"Sebastian Muders","doi":"10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53352,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49649863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Persönlich bedeutsam, intrinsisch wertvoll und objektiv gut? Entwurf einer hybriden Theorie des ‚Sinns im Leben‘","authors":"Katja Stoppenbrink","doi":"10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53352,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46156865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wer das eigene Leben fur sinnlos halt, wird oft auch die Ansicht haben, dass es besser ware, nicht geboren worden zu sein. In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, ob Auserungen wie „Ich ware lieber nicht geboren“ sinnvoll sind und ob sie sich begrunden lassen. Im einleitenden Teil wird gezeigt, dass diese Auserungen entgegen einer von manchen Philosophen vertretenen Ansicht nicht sprachwidrig sind. Im zweiten Teil wird David Benatars „Asymmetrieargument“ in modifizierter Form verteidigt. Benatar bringt dieses Argument zur Verteidigung der These vor, dass es stets einen Schaden darstellt, in die Existenz zu gelangen. Es wird gezeigt, wie sich das Argument unter Beachtung der Differenz zwischen „jemanden eines Gutes berauben“ und „jemandem ein Gut vorenthalten“ verteidigen lasst. Im dritten Teil werden die praktischen Implikationen des modifizierten Asymmetrieargumentes ausbuchstabiert. Es fuhrt nicht zu einem Anti-Natalismus, wohl aber zur These, dass es rational ist, die eigene Existenz zu bedauern.
{"title":"„Besser, nicht geboren zu sein“ Ist es rational, die eigene Existenz zu bedauern?","authors":"O. Hallich","doi":"10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22613/ZFPP/5.2.7","url":null,"abstract":"Wer das eigene Leben fur sinnlos halt, wird oft auch die Ansicht haben, dass es besser ware, nicht geboren worden zu sein. In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, ob Auserungen wie „Ich ware lieber nicht geboren“ sinnvoll sind und ob sie sich begrunden lassen. Im einleitenden Teil wird gezeigt, dass diese Auserungen entgegen einer von manchen Philosophen vertretenen Ansicht nicht sprachwidrig sind. Im zweiten Teil wird David Benatars „Asymmetrieargument“ in modifizierter Form verteidigt. Benatar bringt dieses Argument zur Verteidigung der These vor, dass es stets einen Schaden darstellt, in die Existenz zu gelangen. Es wird gezeigt, wie sich das Argument unter Beachtung der Differenz zwischen „jemanden eines Gutes berauben“ und „jemandem ein Gut vorenthalten“ verteidigen lasst. Im dritten Teil werden die praktischen Implikationen des modifizierten Asymmetrieargumentes ausbuchstabiert. Es fuhrt nicht zu einem Anti-Natalismus, wohl aber zur These, dass es rational ist, die eigene Existenz zu bedauern.","PeriodicalId":53352,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47433108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teilhabegerechtigkeit und das Ideal einer inklusiven Gesellschaft","authors":"H. Behrendt","doi":"10.22613/ZFPP/5.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22613/ZFPP/5.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53352,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46212021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Our understanding of dementia is shaped by cultural tropes. Such tropes may be helpful in making sense of an otherwise elusive and ultimately inscrutable state. In contemporary discourses on dementia, two tropes play a prominent role: the ‘return to childhood’ and the ‘living death’. This article subjects both cultural tropes to critical reflection. It first explains the cultural-historical origin and meaning of the ‘second childhood’ and ‘living death’ metaphors. It then explores their implications for our understanding of dementia and our attitudes and behaviors towards those affected. In doing so, it employs a life-course approach that draws attention to the normative significance of the temporal dimension and structural whole of a human life. In this way, it turns out that both metaphors essentially compare dementia with a different stage in human life and thus regard the condition as a deviation from biographical norms. The article then draws conclusions for ethical debates about self-determination, substitute decision-making and advance directives of people with dementia. Moreover, on a theoretical-conceptual level, it highlights the significance of a biographical and cultural-sensitive perspective for ethical theorizing.
{"title":"‚Rückkehr in die Kindheit‘ oder ‚Tod bei lebendigem Leib‘? Ethische Aspekte der Altersdemenz in der Perspektive des Lebensverlaufs","authors":"Mark Schweda, Karin Jongsma","doi":"10.22613/ZFPP/5.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22613/ZFPP/5.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"Our understanding of dementia is shaped by cultural tropes. Such tropes may be helpful in making sense of an otherwise elusive and ultimately inscrutable state. In contemporary discourses on dementia, two tropes play a prominent role: the ‘return to childhood’ and the ‘living death’. This article subjects both cultural tropes to critical reflection. It first explains the cultural-historical origin and meaning of the ‘second childhood’ and ‘living death’ metaphors. It then explores their implications for our understanding of dementia and our attitudes and behaviors towards those affected. In doing so, it employs a life-course approach that draws attention to the normative significance of the temporal dimension and structural whole of a human life. In this way, it turns out that both metaphors essentially compare dementia with a different stage in human life and thus regard the condition as a deviation from biographical norms. The article then draws conclusions for ethical debates about self-determination, substitute decision-making and advance directives of people with dementia. Moreover, on a theoretical-conceptual level, it highlights the significance of a biographical and cultural-sensitive perspective for ethical theorizing.","PeriodicalId":53352,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47207192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial zu Band 5, Heft 1, (Juli) 2018","authors":"Gottfried Schweiger, M. Schmidhuber, M. Zichy","doi":"10.22613/ZFPP/5.1.0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22613/ZFPP/5.1.0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53352,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45801480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}