Meaning of Life A Reader

Name: Meaning of Life A Reader
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ISBN: 9780195327304

ISBN-10: 0195327306

ISBN-13: 9780195327304

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: E. D. Klemke, Steven M. Cahn

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Featuring nine new articles chosen by coeditor Steven M. Cahn, the third edition of E. D. Klemke's The Meaning of Life offers twenty-two insightful selections that explore this fascinating topic. The essays are primarily by philosophers but also include materials from literary figures and religious thinkers. As in previous editions, the readings are organized around three themes. 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 contributors ask whether the…

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List price: $37.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/11/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880

Antony Flew is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Reading, England.



=New to this edition


Preface to the Third Edition


Preface to the Second Edition


Introduction


The Question of the Meaning of Life E.D. Klemke



The Theistic Answer



My Confession




The Dignity of Human Life




Religion Gives Meaning to Life




Judaism and the Meaning of Life




The Meaning of Life According to Christianity




The Non-Theistic Alternative



On the Sufferings of the World




A Free Man's Worship




On the Meaning of Life




The Myth of Sisyphus




The Meaning of Life




The Meaning and Value of Life




The Meaning of Life




The Absurd




Absurd Self-Fulfillment




Living Without Appeal: An Affirmative Philosophy of Life




Questioning the Question



The Claims of Philosophy




Linguistic Philosophy and "The Meaning of Life"




The Meanings of the Questions of Life




Philosophy and the Meaning of Life




Meaning in Life




Meaningless Lives?




The Meaning of Life