The purpose of life : a theistic perspective /: a theistic perspective. (2012)
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- Book
- Title:
- The purpose of life : a theistic perspective /: a theistic perspective. (2012)
- Main Title:
- The purpose of life : a theistic perspective
- Further Information:
- Note: Stewart Goetz.
- Other Names:
- Goetz, Stewart
- Contents:
- Preface 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 AddendumChapter 2: Perfect Happiness and Its Atheist 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?" againChapter 3: Perfect Happiness and Its Theist 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? ConclusionChapter 4: Purposeful Explanation and Naturalism A Brief Overview Looking Backward versus Looking Forward The Nature of Purposeful Explanation Naturalism The Causal Closure Principle Science Is Not the Problem Survival or Pleasure: What Explains What? Evolution versus Creation AddendumChapter 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 AddendumChapterPreface 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 AddendumChapter 2: Perfect Happiness and Its Atheist 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?" againChapter 3: Perfect Happiness and Its Theist 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? ConclusionChapter 4: Purposeful Explanation and Naturalism A Brief Overview Looking Backward versus Looking Forward The Nature of Purposeful Explanation Naturalism The Causal Closure Principle Science Is Not the Problem Survival or Pleasure: What Explains What? Evolution versus Creation AddendumChapter 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 AddendumChapter 6: Conclusion BibliographyIndex. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Continuum
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (192 pages)
- Subjects:
- 128
Life
Happiness - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781441144225
1441144226 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781441180827
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