John Kekes has been Research Professor at the State University of New York and Visiting Professor in Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Portugal, and Singapore. He has received Fellowships from the Canada Council, the State University of New York, and the Woodrow Wilson, Rockefeller, and Earhart Foundations. He is the author of seventeen books and many articles on moral and political thought.

[a] rich and comprehensive investigation of the human condition. I can recommend his book to anyone who is interested in any of the many traditional philosophical problems which he tackles during that investigation. He always has something original and controversial to say.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. THE QUESTION ; 2. INCREASING CONTROL ; 3. CORRECTING ATTITUDES ; 4. AIMING AT WELL-BEING ; 5. DIMENSIONS OF VALUE ; 6. THE HUMAN DIMENSION AND EVIL ; 7. RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVIL ; 8. THE CULTURAL DIMENSION AND DISENCHANTMENT ; 9. THE PERSONAL DIMENSION AND BOREDOM ; 10. SECULAR HOPE ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES ; WORKS CITED

John Kekes has been Research Professor at the State University of New York and Visiting Professor in Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Portugal, and Singapore. He has received Fellowships from the Canada Council, the State University of New York, and the Woodrow Wilson, Rockefeller, and Earhart Foundations. He is the author of seventeen books and many articles on moral and political thought.

[a] rich and comprehensive investigation of the human condition. I can recommend his book to anyone who is interested in any of the many traditional philosophical problems which he tackles during that investigation. He always has something original and controversial to say.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. THE QUESTION ; 2. INCREASING CONTROL ; 3. CORRECTING ATTITUDES ; 4. AIMING AT WELL-BEING ; 5. DIMENSIONS OF VALUE ; 6. THE HUMAN DIMENSION AND EVIL ; 7. RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVIL ; 8. THE CULTURAL DIMENSION AND DISENCHANTMENT ; 9. THE PERSONAL DIMENSION AND BOREDOM ; 10. SECULAR HOPE ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES ; WORKS CITED

John Kekes has been Research Professor at the State University of New York and Visiting Professor in Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Portugal, and Singapore. He has received Fellowships from the Canada Council, the State University of New York, and the Woodrow Wilson, Rockefeller, and Earhart Foundations. He is the author of seventeen books and many articles on moral and political thought.

[a] rich and comprehensive investigation of the human condition. I can recommend his book to anyone who is interested in any of the many traditional philosophical problems which he tackles during that investigation. He always has something original and controversial to say.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. THE QUESTION ; 2. INCREASING CONTROL ; 3. CORRECTING ATTITUDES ; 4. AIMING AT WELL-BEING ; 5. DIMENSIONS OF VALUE ; 6. THE HUMAN DIMENSION AND EVIL ; 7. RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVIL ; 8. THE CULTURAL DIMENSION AND DISENCHANTMENT ; 9. THE PERSONAL DIMENSION AND BOREDOM ; 10. SECULAR HOPE ; CONCLUSION ; NOTES ; WORKS CITED