COVID-19 is a plague not merely on the happiness that comes with health and wealth, but also on the meaning in our lives.
- Professor of Philosophy, University of Pretoria
Alors que la morale occidentale sous-entend que la culpabilité du survivant est irrationnelle, la tradition philosophique africaine donne les clés pour comprendre en quoi elle peut être positive.
Survivor’s guilt is arguably an instance of good character, an emotional expression.
Archbishop Bishop Desmond Tutu is well known for having invoked an ubuntu ethic to evaluate South African society, and he can take substantial credit for having made the term familiar.
Sometimes people like poetic justice because the law is not in a position to mete out what is deserved.
It is a tall order to try to become wise. And the bad news is that it appears harder than many philosophers have thought.
The best sort of life would include both happiness and meaningfulness. Although one sometimes has to choose between these two values, one ought to strive for a life in which there’s plenty of both.
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