Question

In warning against the 'vice of abstraction' Blackburn suggests that the large existential problem of "the meaning of life" perhaps ought to be resolved by specifying "meaning to whom?" Is that a satisfactory response to the existential problem people pose?

Answer 1

Black burn said about meaningful of life by explaining in an introduction to ethics where he said about the way to live. Our life short lived; our purpose of life should be achieved. He explained by an example. Antiogone was a heroine of the play. She had two brothers. One of her brother s name was polyneikes and another brother name was eteokles. Polyneikes was in exile because he wanted to catch the kingdom which was actually ruled by another eteokles. Polyneikes and eteoles werekilled in war. Antigone’s uncle kreon ordered to throw body of polyneikes in to the river whereas body of eteokles was cremated. This rules was unjust for antigone. So she tried to bury body of polyneikes against kreon law.she cremated polyneikes body. This created anger for kroen. Kreon tried to take revenge on her. So he killed her. Haimon was son of kroen. Antigone is fiancy of haimen. Antigone’s death forced haimon to suicide himself.

this is the meaning ful of life. so antigone tried to achieve her goal by burying her brother body. for what she came, she achieved her goal by doing so. she attained her goal.