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Preface | |
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Why? | |
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Basic questions and basic answers | |
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The scientific no-purpose view | |
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The possible meaning of it all | |
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Divine motives | |
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Value as the key to it all | |
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The gods must recognize value | |
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Freedom is not arbitrariness | |
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Worlds as entertainment value | |
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Entertainment value leads to other forms of value | |
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Gods, imagined worlds, and participation | |
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Value is not merely in the eye of the beholder | |
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The gods must affirm the value of an inner life | |
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Feeling makes value | |
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Feeling makes value. Part two | |
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Feeling makes value. Part three | |
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Can we really imagine god-beings? | |
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Gods, longings, and action | |
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The life of an active god | |
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The gods as temporal beings | |
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Imagining a god and its temporal element. Part two | |
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Imagining a god and its temporal element. Part three | |
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A god needs worlds | |
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A god needs worlds. Part two | |
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More divine imaginings: variety | |
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More divine imaginings: surprise | |
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A first summary: we are here because we enhance value | |
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We are here because we enhance value. Part two | |
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The value of products | |
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The value of products. Part two | |
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Real versus phony accomplishing | |
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Agency | |
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Agency and advanced free will | |
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Reflection and multiple value standards | |
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Autonomy and the role of culture | |
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Autonomy and the sacred individual | |
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Sacred individuals | |
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Sacred individuals. Part two | |
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Human sacredness and divine sacredness | |
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Unfinished gods | |
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Human sacredness and animal sacredness | |
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Human sacredness and animal sacredness. Part two | |
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Sacredness and duties of moral agents | |
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Sacredness and institutional duties of moral agents | |
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Sacredness and the just society | |
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Sacredness and the just society. Part two | |
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Sacredness and the just society. Part three | |
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Sacredness and the just society. Part four | |
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If value drives this world, why is it such a mixed bag? | |
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Why a finite life? | |
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Why a finite life? Part two | |
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Combining finiteness and immortality | |
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Combining finiteness and immortality. Part two | |
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Why is this finite life so fragile and precarious? | |
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Why is life seemingly unfair? | |
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Why is life seemingly unfair? Part two | |
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Is a multiple-lives scheme itself fair? | |
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Is a multiple-lives scheme itself fair? Part two | |
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Is a multiple-lives scheme the best one? | |
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Child tragedies and one-life compensatory schemes | |
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Is a multiple-lives scheme the best one? Part two | |
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Is a multiple-lives scheme the best one? Part three | |
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Is moral accomplishment the unique human purpose? | |
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Moral accomplishments and many lives: the multiple chances issue | |
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Moral accomplishments and many lives: fair and genuine testing | |
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We are here for more than moral purposes | |
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Our uniquely human purpose | |
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The end-game | |
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The horrors | |
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Massive harm to innocents caused by humans | |
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Massive harm to innocents caused by humans. Part two | |
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Natural massive harm to innocents | |
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Epilogue | |
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Selected Bibliography | |