{"product_id":"exploring-the-meaning-of-life-9780470658796","title":"Exploring the Meaning of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch more than just an anthology, this survey of humanity''s search for the meaning of life includes the latest contributions to the debate, a judicious selection of key canonical essays, and insightful commentary by internationally respected philosophers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eCutting-edge viewpoint features the most recent contributions to the debate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtensive general introduction offers unprecedented context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLeading contemporary philosophers provide insightful introductions to each section\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal Acknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoshua W. Seachris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I Understanding the Question of Life’s Meaning 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThaddeus Metz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Why 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Untangling the Questions 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGarrett Thomson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Questions about the Meaning of Life 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eR. W. Hepburn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Philosophy and the Meaning of Life 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Nozick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 The Concept of a Meaningful Life 79\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThaddeus Metz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Assessing Views of Life: A Subjective Affair? 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArjan Markus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II What Does God Have to Do with the Meaning of Life? 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Cottingham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Ecclesiastes 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 On Living in an Atomic Age 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eC. S. Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Is the Existence of God Relevant to the Meaning of Life? 138\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 The Absurdity of Life without God 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Lane Craig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Is Nature Enough? 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Haught\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Religion and Value: The Problem of Heteronomy 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Cottingham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Could God’s Purpose Be the Source of Life’s Meaning? 200\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThaddeus Metz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III The Loss of Meaning in a World Without God: Pessimistic Naturalism 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGarrett Thomson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 On the Vanity of Existence 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArthur Schopenhauer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 A Free Man’s Worship 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBertrand Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 The Absurd 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Nagel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Why Coming into Existence Is Always a Harm 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Benatar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament 262\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Nagel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV Finding Meaning in a World Without God: Optimistic Naturalism 275\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErik J. Wielenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The Human World 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Kekes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Time and Life’s Meaning 296\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Meanings of Lives 304\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Intrinsic Value and Meaningful Life 319\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Audi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 God and the Meaning of Life 335\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErik J. Wielenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 The Varieties of Non-Religious Experience 353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Norman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Emergent Religious Principles 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUrsula Goodenough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection V The Meaning of Life and the Way Life Ends: Death, Futility, and Hope 371\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 373\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Martin Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 A Confession 380\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Annihilation 388\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Luper-Foy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Why Immortality Is Not So Bad 404\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Martin Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 The Immortality Requirement for Life’s Meaning 416\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThaddeus Metz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Human Extinction and the Value of Our Efforts 428\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrooke Alan Trisel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Free Will, Death, and Immortality: The Role of Narrative 445\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Martin Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Death, Futility, and the Proleptic Power of Narrative Ending 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoshua W. 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