Title: Exploring the meaning of life : an anthology and guide /
Authors: Seachris, Joshua W.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Life; Meaning (Philosophy); Life Religious aspects; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism.
Abstract: "Much 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"--
Contents: Understanding the question of life's meaning -- Introduction / Thaddeus Metz -- Why / Paul Edwards -- Untangling the questions / Garrett Thomson -- Questions about the meaning of life / R. W. Hepburn -- Philosophy and the meaning of life / Robert Nozick -- The concept of a meaningful life / Thaddeus Metz -- Assessing views of life : a subjective affair? / Arjan Markus -- What does God have to do with the meaning of life? -- Introduction / John Cottingham -- Ecclesiastes -- On living in an atomic age / C. S. Lewis -- Is the existence of God relevant to the meaning of life? / Jeffrey Gordon -- The absurdity of life without God / William Lane Craig -- Is nature enough? / John Haught -- Religion and value : the problem of heteronomy / John Cottingham -- Could God's purpose be the source of life's meaning? / Thaddeus Metz -- The loss of meaning in a world without God : pessimistic naturalism -- Introduction / Garrett Thomson -- On the vanity of existence / Arthur Schopenhauer --^