That's not the claim I saw @EveKeneinan debunking; she was arguing against the claim that such meaning is subjective/malleable.
You cannot genuinely be still failing to understand this. At this stage it can only be deliberate. One last go & then I'm out.
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Different opportunities exist in reality. Different people choose different ones as the purpose or meaning of their lives.
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In this sense, meaning is subjective. The meaning of my life - family, history - is different to my friend's - travel, physics.
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Therefore, when someone says 'we make our own meaning in life', they mean they choose the purpose of their own life.
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They do not mean anything else - eg I create reality with my mind, everything is equally valuable, no-one else shares my purpose
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This temporary, small, local meaning seems unsatisfying to ppl who want a larger, grander, eternal, divine meaning. That's OK.
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However, when ppl who do not believe in a divine purpose to life speak of the meaning of life, usually mean individual purpose.
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Individual purpose is subjective in the sense that people are subjects & pick different purposes. The end.
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