This article proffers a personhood-based conception of a meaningful life. I look into the ethical structure of the salient idea of personhood in African philosophy to develop an account of a meaningful life. In my view, the ethics of personhood is constituted by three components, namely (1) the fact of being human, which informs (2) a view of moral status qua the capacity for moral virtue, and (3) which specifies the final good of achieving or developing a morally virtuous character. In light of the ethics of personhood, I will propose the view that a meaningful life is a function of achieving moral excellence or perfection. The moral perfection proposed here, to embody a meaningful life, is of a deontological and satisficing kind. The achievement of satisfactory levels of moral excellence, within sociopolitical and moral limits, captures the essence of a meaningful life. I conclude the article by considering objections against the view proposed here.

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非洲哲学中的人格与有意义的生活

本文提出了以人为本的有意义生活的概念。我研究了非洲哲学中人格显着理念的伦理结构，以期对有意义的生活做出说明。在我看来，人格伦理是由三个部分构成的，即（1）人的事实，这一事实使（2）道德状态的观点具有道德美德的能力，（3）规定了最终的善。实现或发展道德上的品德。根据人格伦理学，我将提出这样的观点，有意义的生活是实现道德卓越或完美的功能。为了体现有意义的生活，这里提出的道德完善是一种道义和令人满足的类型。在社会政治和道德范围内达到令人满意的道德卓越水平，抓住有意义生活的本质。在结束本文时，我将考虑反对此处提出的观点。