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The Purpose of Life A Theistic Perspective

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

12.07.2012

Verlag

Bloomsbury Academic

Seitenzahl

204

Maße (L/B/H)

22,5/14,1/1,5 cm

Gewicht

281 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4411-8082-7

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

12.07.2012

Verlag

Bloomsbury Academic

Seitenzahl

204

Maße (L/B/H)

22,5/14,1/1,5 cm

Gewicht

281 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4411-8082-7

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  • Produktbild: The Purpose of Life
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  • Preface

    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 Atheist Critics
    Perfect Happiness Is Not the Meaning of Life
    Perfect Happiness: Setting the Bar too High
    "Why Should I Be Moral?"
    A Section Not Strictly Necessary
    "Why Should I Be Moral?" again
    Chapter 3: Perfect Happiness and Its Theist 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
    The Causal Closure Principle
    Science 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