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Finding meaning in an imperfect world /

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Does life have meaning? Is it possible for life to be meaningful when the world is filled with suffering and when so much depends merely upon chance? Even if there is meaning, is there enough to justify living? These questions are difficult to resolve. After all, few of us devote our lives fully to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Landau, Iddo, 1958- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Life.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Life
Lebensphilosophie
Sinn
Leben
Lebenssinn
Spiritualität
Tod
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Implications
  • Against perfectionism
  • Anticipations of nonperfectionism
  • Death and Annihilation I
  • Death and Annihilation II
  • Life in the context of the whole universe
  • Determinism and contingency
  • Skepticism and relativism
  • The goal of life
  • The paradox of the end
  • Suffering
  • Human Evil
  • Why we are blind to goodness
  • Identifying I
  • Identifying II
  • Recognizing
  • Conclusion I
  • Conclusion II.