Making Meaning Episode 16: Passionate Engagement

Published: Feb. 19, 2023, 9 a.m.

Meaning is more than pleasure or even happiness\u2014it is an intense and fulfilling engagement in projects and relationships that bring forth the best within us and disclose mysterious, beautiful worlds of love.\nGuest:\xa0\nSusan R. Wolf\xa0is the Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Wolf\u2019s interests range widely over moral psychology, value theory, and normative ethics. Her research has focused especially on the relation between moral and nonmoral values, the nature and conditions of responsibility, and the idea of meaningfulness as a dimension of a good life.\nMaking Meaning\xa0is a limited series from\xa0Ministry of Ideas\xa0that explores how life can be lived more meaningfully. Featuring meditations by some of the world\u2019s most sensitive and insightful thinkers, Making Meaning will give you fresh perspective and encouragement to live with greater intention and fullness. Making Meaning is produced by\xa0Jack Pombriant\xa0and\xa0Zachary Davis. Artwork by\xa0Dan Pecci. Learn more at\xa0ministryofideas.org\xa0and find us on Twitter\xa0@ministryofideas.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices