The purpose of life : a theistic perspective /

What does philosophy have to say on the question of the meaning of life? This is one of the founding questions of philosophy and has remained a central problem for philosophers from antiquity through to the Middle Ages and modern period. It may surprise some readers that there has, in fact, been a g...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goetz, Stewart
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2012.
Temas:
Life.
Happiness.
Bonheur.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Happiness
Life
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Clarifying the question; What is the meaning of life?; Clarifying questions and answers to them; Perfect happiness; A plausible understanding of "What is the meaning of life?"; A plausible understanding of "What makes life meaningful?"; Euthyphro's objection; A plausible understanding of "Is life meaningful?"; This world, the afterlife, and the soul; Conclusion; Addendum; Chapter 2 Perfect happiness and its atheistic critics; Perfect happiness is not the meaning of life. 
505 8 |a Perfect happiness: setting the bar too high"Why should I be moral?"; A section not strictly necessary; "Why should I be moral?" again; Is being moral the meaning of life?; Chapter 3 Perfect happiness and its theistic critics; The problem of pleasure; Pleasure cannot be intrinsically good: religious concerns; Pleasure cannot be intrinsically good: philosophical concerns; Is pleasure present in everything we enjoy?; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Purposeful explanation and naturalism; A brief overview; Looking backward versus looking forward; The nature of purposeful explanation; Naturalism. 
505 8 |a The causal closure principleScience is not the problem; Survival or pleasure: what explains what?; Evolution versus creation; Addendum; Chapter 5 The problem of evil; Skeptical theism, the purpose of life, and the problem of evil; Choice and life plans; Life plans and perfect happiness; A theodicy; The plausibility of my theodicy; Not so fast!; A skeptical theist turned theodicist; Justice as an organic unity; Tying together some loose ends; The experience of evil by beasts; Addendum; Chapter 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. 
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