The AskPhilosophers logo.

Value

I hope this isn't too general, but here's a question I've been wondering about: What is it that one has or does that, if one has or does it, one's life was not a waste?
Accepted:
August 8, 2013

Comments

Stephen Maitzen
August 8, 2013 (changed August 8, 2013) Permalink

Something seems wrong about the question. At any rate, it's too general a question for me to venture a non-trivial answer to it. It seems to me like asking "What is it that one does such that, if one does it, one has succeeded?" I don't see how to give a non-trivial, general answer to that question. Succeeded at what? Some actions count as successes and some don't, just as (I would presume) some lives are wasted and some aren't, but I don't know how to give an informative, general explanation of the difference.

  • Log in to post comments
Source URL: https://askphilosophers.org/question/5306
© 2005-2025 AskPhilosophers.org