?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Morality+and+a+Meaningful+Life&rft.creator=Thomas%2C+Laurence&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.description=This+essay+aims+to+capture+the+intuition+that+the+moral+person+is%2C+in+virtue+of+being+such%2C+favored+over+the+immoral+person+to+lead+a+meaningful+life.++It+is+argued+that+the+reason+for+this+is+that+the+moral+person+is+open+to+affirmation+from+others+in+a+way+that+the+immoral+person+is+not.++Central+to+the+argument+is+that+idea+of+psychological+health.++Being+affirmed+by+others+is+a+fundamental+aspect+of+being+psychologically+health.++Thus%2C+being+moral+and+being+psychologically+healthy+are+said+to+dovetail+with+respect+to+leading+a+meaningful+life.++The+argument+regarding+psychological+health+draws+upon%2C+and+extends%2C+P.+F.+Strawson%E2%80%99s+seminal+essay+%E2%80%9CFreedom+and+Resentment%E2%80%9D.++Also+in+this+regard%2C+Wittgenstein%E2%80%99s+argument+against+the+possibility+of+a+private+language+is+extended+to+social+behavior+generally.++&rft.date=2005-09&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4541%2F1%2FMeaningfulLife.pdf&rft.identifier=++Thomas%2C+Laurence++(2005)+Morality+and+a+Meaningful+Life.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4541%2F