ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces and discusses a specific 'object' for meaning making: the human being. It shows why examining the meaning of being human is an appropriate and even a required result of the author's previous analysis and proposals, discusses major characteristics and implications of this goal as an educational goal, and defend the goal against an anticipated objection that reflecting on the meaning of being human is a philosophical task rather than an educational one. The fundamental fact and the educational goal 'frame' the humanistic aspect of schooling: while the former provides the backdrop for the educative endeavor, the latter carries an open-ended feature about being human. It is important to emphasize that the goal of examining the meaning of being human does not aim merely at the student's life during her K–12 schooling; the question about being human is an overall goal that is relevant for one's life as long as one lives.
