Title: Finding meaning in an imperfect world /
Authors: Landau, Iddo, 1958-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Life; Life.
Abstract: Is it possible for life to be meaningful when the world is filled with suffering, and when so much depends merely upon chance? Landau argues our lives often are, or could be made, meaningful-- we've just been setting the bar too high for evaluating what meaning there is. He offers new theories and practical advice that awaken us to the meaning already present in our lives and demonstrates how we can enhance it.
Contents: Introduction -- Implications -- Against perfectionism -- Anticipations of nonperfectinism -- 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.