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People may believe such Sisyphean tasks are meaningful (maybe this is the only thing that makes it bearable), but is this belief alone enough to make it so? Many philosophers don’t think so. Instead, they argue that for an activity to be meaningful, it must also contribute to some goal or end that connects the person doing it to something larger than themselves. As philosopher Susan Wolf puts it, meaning requires seeing “one’s life as valuable in a way that can be recognised from a point of view other than one’s own”. ....

Susan Wolf , Caleb Althorpe , Fyodor Dostoevsky , Trinity College Dublin , Social Contribution , Sisyphean Tasks , Meaningful Work ,