On the common claim that one must fulfil one's potential and do one's best to have a meaningful life

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The article examines whether fulfilling one's potential and doing one's best are sufficient or necessary conditions for having a meaningful life. It concludes that they are just contributing factors and can sometimes even diminish life's meaning.

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Iddo Landau
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On the Meaning of Life.John Cottingham - 2002 - New York: Routledge.
On Luck, Responsibility and the Meaning of Life.Berit Brogaard & Barry Smith - 2005 - Philosophical Papers 34 (3):443-458.
Self-Fulfillment.Alan Gewirth - 1998 - Princeton University Press.
The meaning of life.Richard Taylor - 2000 - In Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press USA. pp. 13-14.

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