Meaning in Life

A Subjectivist Account

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

This book develops and defends a subjectivist account of meaning in life, which holds that the only place that meaning can ever be found is in the way we experience the living of our lives. Many philosophers consider that a life can only be meaningful if it meets certain objective standards.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-08
Mått:148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt:566 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:337
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031803611

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Mer om författaren

Michael Hauskeller is professor of philosophy at the University of Liverpool, and has been Head of the Department of Philosophy since January 2018. Professor Hauskeller has published three previous books with Palgrave Macmillan: Sex and the Posthuman Condition (2014), The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television (ed., 2015), and Mythologies of Transhumanism (2016).

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Apparent Absurdity of Meaning Subjectivism.- Chapter 3: Meaning Nihilism, Ultimate Purpose, and God.- Chapter 4: Death and Ultimate Significance.- Chapter 5: Mattering and Objective Value.- Chapter 6: Are Only Useful Lives Meaningful?.- Chapter 7: Can the Life of Non-Human Animals Be Meaningful?.- Chapter 8: Importance, Achievement, and Post-Mortal Fame.- Chapter 9: Towards a Pluralistic Account of Meaning in Life.- Chapter 10: Existential Distress, Suicide, and Moral Faith.- Chapter 11: What It Means to Experience One’s Life as Meaningful.- Chapter 12: Meaning, Doing Good, and Being Good.- Chapter 13: Can the Experience of Meaning Ever Be Illusory?.- Chapter 14: Conclusion.