Workism and Meaning in Life

Workism is a way of life in which you make work your primary source of meaning and identity. Recent critics of workism have argued that there is a growing trend towards workism in many societies and that this is a bad thing. This article brings a philosophical perspective to the debate on workism. It develops a precise account of what workism is and evaluates the main objections raised against it by examining their underlying philosophical assumptions.

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Matthew Hammerton is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Lee Kong Chian Fellow and at Singapore Management University. He specializes in moral philosophy and has published articles on consequentialism, deontology, virtue ethics, meaning in life, moral reasoning, and Buddhist ethics.