The human predicament : a candid guide to life's biggest questions /
'The Human Predicament' engages life's big questions. Are our lives meaningless? Is death bad? Would immortality be better? Alternatively, should we hasten our deaths by acts of suicide? Many people are tempted to offer comforting, optimistic answers to these existential questions. Th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'The Human Predicament' engages life's big questions. Are our lives meaningless? Is death bad? Would immortality be better? Alternatively, should we hasten our deaths by acts of suicide? Many people are tempted to offer comforting, optimistic answers to these existential questions. The text offers a less sanguine assessment and defends a substantial, but not unmitigated, pessimism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190633844 0190633840 9780190633820 0190633824 9780190633837 0190633832 |