Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering : What Philosophy Can Tell Us about the Hardest Mystery of All /

It's right there in the Book of Job: "Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward." Suffering is an inescapable part of the human condition-which leads to a question that has proved just as inescapable throughout the centuries: Why? Why do we suffer? Why do people die young? Is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samuelson, Scott (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2018]
Temas:
Pain.
Suffering > Religious aspects.
Suffering.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
God.
blues.
humanity.
nature.
problem of evil.
suffering.
war on crime.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. The Paradox of Pointless Suffering
  • Part One. Three Modern Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering
  • One. We Should Eliminate Pointless Suffering
  • Two. We Should Embrace Pointless Suffering
  • Three. We Must Take Responsibility for Pointless Suffering
  • Interlude on the Problem of Evil
  • Part Two. Four Perennial Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering
  • Four. Pointless Suffering Reveals God
  • Five. Pointless Suffering Atones Us with Nature
  • Interlude on Heaven and Hell
  • Six. Pointless Suffering Evokes Our Humanity
  • Seven. Pointless Suffering Inspires Art
  • Conclusion. The Way of Suffering Humanly
  • A Sad Postlude
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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