Answers to the question of the meaning of life fall into one of three categories:
- Negative (nihilistic) answers—life is meaningless;
- Affirmation—it is good that life is meaningless;
- Acceptance—it is bad that life is meaningless, but we accept this;
- Rejection—it is bad that life is meaningless, and we reject this;
- Agnostic (skeptical) answers—we don’t know if life is meaningful;
- The question is unintelligible;
- The question is intelligible, but we don’t know if we can answer it;
- Positive answers—life is meaningful;
- Supernatural (theistic) answers—meaning from transcendent gods;
- Natural (non-theistic) answers—meaning created/discovered in natural world
i. meaning is objective—discovered or found by individual
ii. meaning is subjective—created or invented by individuals.