1st Edition
What is this thing called The Meaning of Life?
Preface
1. The meaning of life’s meaning
2. Meaning and purpose
3. Meaning and significance I: Value
4. Meaning and significance II: Mattering
5. Meaning and sense-making
6. Meaning and evil
7. Meaning, death, and immortality.
Appendix I: (One type of) mid- or quarter-life crisis
Appendix II: Buddhism and the Meaning of Life
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Stewart Goetz is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Ursinus College, USA.
Joshua W. Seachris is Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Program Director at the Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, USA.
"Goetz and Seachris have written an outstanding, systematic, engaging book on the meaning of life. There is no better guide to this important area of inquiry, one of great importance both within and outside academic life." - Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College, USA
"This is a readable and stimulating introduction to life’s greatest question. It is a text book but not just a text book, for it breaks new ground in being structured around an original and impressively thorough survey of the meaning of meaning. It will appeal to both academics and general readers." - Stephen Leach, Keele University, UK
