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Meaning in Life

Metz Thaddeus
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199599318
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
592 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
282

Forfatter
Metz Thaddeus

Om bidragsyterne

Thaddeus Metz is Humanities Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of around one hundred professional journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopaedia entries, on a variety of topics in ethical, political, and legal philosophy.

Meaning in Life

Metz Thaddeus
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk
Metz Thaddeus
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk
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Meaning in Life has many good features. It is comprehensive, meticulous, and argumentative. Metz seems to have read everything anyone has ever written about the topic and has a thoughtful opinion on every claim. There is no volume that would work better as a textbook for a class on meaningfulness.

Antti Kauppinen, Ethics

After decades of surprising neglect, the topic of life's meaning is again a central part of analytic moral philosophy. Thaddeus Metz can take much of the credit for this development and his new book is set to become the standard and indispensible reference point for the topic.

Samantha Vice, Mind

The new account of meaningfulness he suggests in this book and the meticulous analyses he offers of previous accounts are a very significant contribution to the field. Future philosophical research on meaning in life will have to take account of his innovative and high-quality research.

Iddo Landau, Religious Studies

What makes a person's life meaningful? Thaddeus Metz offers a new answer to an ancient question which has recently returned to the philosophical agenda. He proceeds by examining what, if anything, all the conditions that make a life meaningful have in common. The outcome of this process is a philosophical theory of meaning in life. He starts by evaluating existing theories in terms of the classic triad of the good, the true, and the beautiful. He considers whether meaning in life might be about such principles as fulfilling God's purpose, obtaining reward in an afterlife for having been virtuous, being attracted to what merits attraction, leaving the world a better place, connecting to organic unity, or transcending oneself by connecting to what is extensive. He argues that no extant principle satisfactorily accounts for the three-fold significance of morality, enquiry, and creativity, and that the most promising theory is a fresh one according to which meaning in life is a matter of intelligence contoured toward fundamental conditions of human existence.
Les mer
What makes a person's life meaningful? Thaddeus Metz argues that no existing theory does full justice to the key requirements of morality, enquiry, and creativity. He offers a new answer to the question: meaning in life is a matter of intelligence contoured toward fundamental conditions of human existence.
Les mer
PART 1: MEANING AS ONE PART OF A GOOD LIFE; PART 2: SUPERNATURALIST THEORIES OF MEANING IN LIFE; PART 3: NATURALIST THEORIES OF MEANING IN LIFE
An original answer to an ancient question that concerns all of us The topic has returned to the front of the philosophical agenda Incorporates a full critical survey of existing theories
Thaddeus Metz is Humanities Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of around one hundred professional journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopaedia entries, on a variety of topics in ethical, political, and legal philosophy.
Les mer
An original answer to an ancient question that concerns all of us The topic has returned to the front of the philosophical agenda Incorporates a full critical survey of existing theories

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Meaning in Life has many good features. It is comprehensive, meticulous, and argumentative. Metz seems to have read everything anyone has ever written about the topic and has a thoughtful opinion on every claim. There is no volume that would work better as a textbook for a class on meaningfulness.

Antti Kauppinen, Ethics

After decades of surprising neglect, the topic of life's meaning is again a central part of analytic moral philosophy. Thaddeus Metz can take much of the credit for this development and his new book is set to become the standard and indispensible reference point for the topic.

Samantha Vice, Mind

The new account of meaningfulness he suggests in this book and the meticulous analyses he offers of previous accounts are a very significant contribution to the field. Future philosophical research on meaning in life will have to take account of his innovative and high-quality research.

Iddo Landau, Religious Studies

What makes a person's life meaningful? Thaddeus Metz offers a new answer to an ancient question which has recently returned to the philosophical agenda. He proceeds by examining what, if anything, all the conditions that make a life meaningful have in common. The outcome of this process is a philosophical theory of meaning in life. He starts by evaluating existing theories in terms of the classic triad of the good, the true, and the beautiful. He considers whether meaning in life might be about such principles as fulfilling God's purpose, obtaining reward in an afterlife for having been virtuous, being attracted to what merits attraction, leaving the world a better place, connecting to organic unity, or transcending oneself by connecting to what is extensive. He argues that no extant principle satisfactorily accounts for the three-fold significance of morality, enquiry, and creativity, and that the most promising theory is a fresh one according to which meaning in life is a matter of intelligence contoured toward fundamental conditions of human existence.
Les mer
What makes a person's life meaningful? Thaddeus Metz argues that no existing theory does full justice to the key requirements of morality, enquiry, and creativity. He offers a new answer to the question: meaning in life is a matter of intelligence contoured toward fundamental conditions of human existence.
Les mer
PART 1: MEANING AS ONE PART OF A GOOD LIFE; PART 2: SUPERNATURALIST THEORIES OF MEANING IN LIFE; PART 3: NATURALIST THEORIES OF MEANING IN LIFE
An original answer to an ancient question that concerns all of us The topic has returned to the front of the philosophical agenda Incorporates a full critical survey of existing theories
Thaddeus Metz is Humanities Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of around one hundred professional journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopaedia entries, on a variety of topics in ethical, political, and legal philosophy.
Les mer
An original answer to an ancient question that concerns all of us The topic has returned to the front of the philosophical agenda Incorporates a full critical survey of existing theories

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199599318
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
592 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
282

Forfatter
Metz Thaddeus

Om bidragsyterne

Thaddeus Metz is Humanities Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of around one hundred professional journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopaedia entries, on a variety of topics in ethical, political, and legal philosophy.

Relaterte produkter