{"product_id":"life-and-meaning-9780631157847","title":"Life and Meaning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife and Meaning surveys a variety of Philosophical answers to the question, a What makes life worth living?a  By collecting readings from a wide range of philosophical history it gives the various perspectives on the value and meaning of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSources. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Has Life a Meaning?.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Vanity of Vanities: Ecclesiastes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. My Confession: Leo Tolstoy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Purpose of Man's Existence: Kurt Baier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Has the Question about the Meaning of Life any Meaning? Rudolf Wohlgennant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Meaning of Life: Richard Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Absurd: Thomas Nagel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. On the Meaning of Life: Moritz Schlick.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. What is There in Horse Racing? John Wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Death, Suffering and the Value of Life:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. We Have Nothing to Fear in Death: Lucretius.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Death: Mary Mothersill.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Why We Should not be Biased towards the Future: Derek Parfit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Vanity and Suffering of Life: Arthur Schpenhauer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Murder and a World without Human Beings: G. E. Moore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Sanctity of Life: Jonathan Glover.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. What is Wrong with Killing People? R. E. Ewin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. A Covenant for the Ark? Peter Singer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Nature and Society:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Tree of Knowledge: Genesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Origin of Inequality: Jean-Jacques Rousseau.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning their Felicity, and Misery: Thomas Hobbes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Man and the State: Aristotle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Nature: John Stuart Mill.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Pleasure, Happiness and Self-Realization:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Pleasure and Desire: Plato.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. The Difference of Quality I Pleasures and of What Sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible: John Stuart Mill.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. The Experience Machine: Robert Nozick.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. How Should a Man Live? Aristotle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. My Station and its Duties: F. H. Bradley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Freedom and Bad Faith: Jean-Paul Sartre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Homo Ludens: J. Huizinga.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Moral Tradition: John Keres.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403387412823,"sku":"9780631157847","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631157847.jpg?v=1730483313","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-and-meaning-9780631157847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}