β Goetz, Stewart, author
π Library
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2020
π Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge
π English
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What is this thing called The Meaning of Life?
β Scribed by Stewart Goetz, Joshua W. Seachris
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- Routledge
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- 2020
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- English
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- 205
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- 1
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What are we asking when we ask, "What is the meaning of life?"? Can there be meaning without God? Is a happy life a meaningful life? Can an immoral life be meaningful? Does our suffering have meaning? Does death threaten meaning?
What is this thing called The Meaning of Life? provides an engaging and stimulating introduction to philosophical thinking about lifeβs meaning. Goetz and Seachris provide the reader with accessible examples, before looking at the main theoretical approaches to meaning and key philosophers associated with them. Topics covered include:
- What does the question, "What is the meaning of life?", even mean?
- Does life have a purpose?
- What is valuable?
- Do we matter?
- Does life (or my life) make any sense?
- Is there any meaning in suffering?
- Does death threaten meaning?
- Would immortality be good or bad news for us?
With boxed summaries of key concepts and noteworthy examples, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading included within each chapter, this book is the ideal introduction to lifeβs meaning for philosophy students coming to the subject for the first time.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
1 The Meaning of Lifeβs Meaning
Long Ago: A (Very) Brief History of Lifeβs Meaning
The Meaning of Life is . . . 42
The Meaning Triad
More to Meaning
Meaning and God
Why Worry About Meaning?
Chapter Summary
2 Meaning and Purpose
Purpose: What is It?
Purpose and Theism
Sartre and Essence Versus Existence
Naturalism and Purposes In Life
Naturalism and Evolution
Chapter Summary
3 Meaning and Significance I: Value
Value and Its Different Forms
A Hedonistic Understanding of Happiness
Naturalism, Value, and Meaning
Naturalism and Morality
Being Good, Rationality, and Naturalism
Value and Authenticity
Chapter Summary
4 Meaning and Significance II: Mattering
An Immense Universe
What is Significance?
The Problem of Cosmic Significance
A Drop in the Cosmic Bucket: The Time Worry
A Speck of Dust in Infinite Space: the Size Worry
Limited Causal Efficacy: The Impact Worry
Terrestrial Significance: A Response to Worries About Cosmic Significance
The Solitary Human Condition: to Whom Do We Matter?
Chapter Summary
5 Meaning and Sense-Making
Why?
Meaning as Sense-Making
Making Sense of My Life: Meaning in Life
Making Sense of it All: The Meaning of Life
Sense-Making and Narrative
Chapter Summary
6 Meaning and Evil
Why Do We Experience Evil?
Two Problems of Evil: Logical and Evidential
Skeptical Theism
Theodicy
Natural Evil and the Problem of Evil For Animals
Naturalism and the Existence of Evil
Sense-Making Revisited
The Afterlife, Perfect Happiness, and Justice
Chapter Summary
7 Meaning, Death, and Immortality
The Profound Reality of Death
What is Death?
Death is Bad: Deprivation
Death is Not Bad: Epicurus and Lucretius
Death Enhances Meaning
Death Threatens Meaning
Death and Futility
The Importance of Endings
Immortality and Afterlife
Chapter Summary
Appendix I: (One Type of) Mid- or Quarter-Life Crisis
Unsatisfied
The Paradox of the End
Appendix II: Buddhism and the Meaning of Life
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Index
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