Meanings of Life: A Philosophical Jump-Start

There isn't just one meaning of life, there are many. There are personal meanings and social meanings—and all our meanings form as a result of our interactions with others. Language, information, symbols, rituals, and ethics are the ingredients we use to construct meanings in life. Meanings are in people, not in objects; in our cultures and in ourselves. Our personal meanings and our social meanings intertwine to shape our relation to our societies.Read less