Constructing a life philosophy
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Mary E. Williams, book editor.
Contributors: Williams, Mary E., 1960-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. The importance of choosing a life philosophy. 1. Choosing a map for life / M. Scott Peck; title: 2. Living with shadows in a cave / Plato; title: 3. Discovering our personal myth / Sam Keen; title: 4. Challenging the idea of a life plan / Charles Larmore; title: ch. 2. What reveals life's ultimate meaning? 1. Ultimate meaning does not exist / Richard Robinson; title: 2. Religion pursues life's meaning / George E. Saint-Laurent; title: 3. Science can uncover life's meaning / Wayne Anderson; title: 4. Both religion and science can reveal life's meaning / Sharon Begley; title: ch. 3. How do religions give life meaning? 1. Judaism is a life of communing with God / Louis Finkelstine; title: 2. Liberal Christianity combines reason with faith / Donald E. Miller; title: 3. Conservative Christianity is a Biblical relationship with God / Bob George; title: 4. Islam entails a submission to God's will / Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad; title: 5. Hinduism teaches that all ways lead to God / Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; title: 6. Buddhism seeks enlightenment and ultimate reality / Gill Farrer-Halls; title: 7. Ecofeminism reclaims the Great Mother Goddess / Riane Eisler; title: 8. Interspirituality embraces the heart of all religions / Wayne Teasdale; title: ch. 4. What motivates moral behavior? 1. Morality requires religious belief / Philip Yancey; title: 2. Morality does not require religious belief / Frank R. Zindler; title: 3. Secular humanism encourages moral awareness / Paul Kurtz; title: 4. Secular humanism is harmful / John Gray; title: 5. Altruism promotes moral behavior / Alfie Kohn; title: 6. Self-interest promotes moral behavior / Tibor R. Machan; title: ch. 5. What principles should guide our lives? 1. Look out for number one / Robert Ringer; title: 2. Live for others as Jesus did / Ole Hallesby; title: 3. Develop a devious mind / Niccolò Machiavelli; title: 4. Develop an honest heart / Thomas Jefferson; title: 5. Aim for personal perfection / Benjamin Franklin; title: 6. Abandon any hope of fruition / Pema Chödrön.