The Meaning of Life

ISBN-13: 9780190674199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 272 str.

E. D. Klemke; Steven M. Cahn

Opis

Featuring twenty-five insightful selections by prominent philosophers, literary figures, and religious thinkers, The Meaning of Life: A Reader, Fourth Edition, serves as an ideal core text for courses on the meaning of life and introduction to philosophy courses where the topic is emphasized. In Part I the articles defend the view that without faith in God, life has no meaning or purpose. In Part II the selections oppose this claim, defending instead a nontheistic, humanistic alternative--that life can have meaning even in the absence of theistic commitment. In Part III the readings address whether the question of the meaning of life is itself meaningful. The fourth edition adds selections reflecting Buddhist and Confucian thought and also features a new Part IV on the end of life, raising issues about how our perspectives on death affect our understanding of the meaning of life.

Recenzje

The Meaning of Life, Fourth Edition includes all of the most important and influential writings on the meaning of life in one affordable volume." - Erik Wielenberg, Professor of Philosophy at DePauw University

O autorze

The late E.D. Klemke was Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University, where he taught for more than twenty years. Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center.