Wolf's Criterion For A Meaningful Life Essay

Wolf’s first criterion for a meaningful life is that a person is actively engaged in something they like to do. Not simply doing just because or without effort, but they are actively engaging in that activity. An example of a person who meets the first criterion, but not the next two would be somebody who actively engages in playing basketball, but doesn’t really enjoy it, but play it just so they are not bored. Now this person is actively engaging in basketball, but they aren’t going to stick with it and they are not very good, so they are not going to be very successful with playing basketball or successful at all. The second criterion that this person is not meeting is, the person has to think of the activity as sacred and in disposable. This person is just playing basketball so they won 't be bored. The third criterion that this person is not meeting is, being …show more content…
They may be actively engaged in the Nazi life, they may be able to stick with in in the long-term and see it as sacred, and they may be very successful at being a Nazi, but this is wrong. They aren’t living a meaningful life because what they are doing has to have value and being a Nazi does not have value because it is harming another group of people and this is morally wrong. Well, we would hope that most people would see this a something that does not have value. Human beings have value so killing humans does not have value. I agree with Wolf on this because, in this situation, killing people is obviously not the right thing to do, and your life cannot be meaningful if you find excitement and success in being a Nazi and killing people, this should not be seen as a meaningful life to anyone. Just like if someone was a murderer. They may be able to actively engage and see that as sacred to them, but they cannot be seen as living a meaningful life because they are causing harm to