The purpose of life : a theistic perspective /: a theistic perspective. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stewart Goetz.
• Other Names: Goetz, Stewart
• Contents: Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Clarifying the question; What is the meaning of life?; Clarifying questions and answers to them; Perfect happiness; A plausible understanding of "What is the meaning of life?"; A plausible understanding of "What makes life meaningful?"; Euthyphro's objection; A plausible understanding of "Is life meaningful?"; This world, the afterlife, and the soul; Conclusion; Addendum; Chapter 2 Perfect happiness and its atheistic critics; Perfect happiness is not the meaning of life. Perfect happiness: setting the bar too high"Why should I be moral?"; A section not strictly necessary; "Why should I be moral?" again; Is being moral the meaning of life?; Chapter 3 Perfect happiness and its theistic critics; The problem of pleasure; Pleasure cannot be intrinsically good: religious concerns; Pleasure cannot be intrinsically good: philosophical concerns; Is pleasure present in everything we enjoy?; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Purposeful explanation and naturalism; A brief overview; Looking backward versus looking forward; The nature of purposeful explanation; Naturalism. The causal closure principleScience is not the problem; Survival or pleasure: what explains what?; Evolution versus creation; Addendum; Chapter 5 The problem of evil; Skeptical theism, the purpose of life, and the problem of evil; Choice and life plans; Life plans and perfect happiness; A theodicy; The plausibility of my theodicy; Not so fast!; A skeptical theist turned theodicist; Justice as an organic unity; Tying together some loose ends; The experience of evil by beasts; Addendum; Chapter 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 189 pages)
• Subjects: 128; Life; Happiness; PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism; Happiness; Life; Happiness; Life; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441157058; 1441157050
• Related ISBNs: 9781441190352; 144119035X; 9781441180827; 1441180826; 1441157050; 9781441144225; 1441144226
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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