{"product_id":"the-quest-for-meaning-paperback-softback-9780631153337","title":"The Quest for Meaning (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631153337","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Quest for Meaning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOswald Hanfling (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631153337, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 February 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.312 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMost discussions of medical and practical ethics have avoided direct confrontation with the query: what is the value and meaning of human life? The book addresses these issues directly, examining the variety of philosophical questions in the area, their meaningfulness and the paradoxes suggested by answers to those questions. Each chapter is an attempt to identify and correct the biases and confusions in such discussions. Specific areas considered are: relations to animals; the status of the human species; utilitarian and non-utilitarian arguments; religious answers to the question \"why is life sacred and worthwhile?\"; the meaning of death; the influence of science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements viii \u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER ONE Suffering 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. We feel pain, not painlessness' 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The pendulum between pain and boredom' 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Are some lives worse than others? 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The value of suffering 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Conclusion 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER Two Purpose 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The question 'Why?: means and ends 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 \"The end had ceased to charm' 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Ozymandias perspective 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The endless cycle of generation 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 To travel and to arrive 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Is life absurd? 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Nature's remedy 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The life of purpose and its alternatives 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER THREE God 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Insignificant man 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 God's purpose and the problem of evil 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The life hereafter 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Meaning and the religious calendar 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FOUR Death 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Is death the end? 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The consolation of nature 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 When death is present 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Death and other forms of non-existence 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Death and the goodness of life 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Death and the desire for life 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conclusion: the meaning of death 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FIVE The value of life 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The 'sanctity' of life 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The value of human and other existence 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SIX Self-realization 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN Nature 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Garden of Eden 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Artificial men and factitious passions' 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Before and after language 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 'Must societies be abolished?' 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The value of nature 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT Homo sapiens 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The 'political animal' 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The rational life 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER NINE Happiness and desire 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Desire and satisfaction 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Actual and potential desires 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Desire and the 'Greatest Happiness Principle' 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Happiness and truth 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Happiness and duty 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER TEN Who am I? 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The individual and society 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 'Man makes himself 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Freedom and reason 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Being true to oneself 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The limits of reason 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Homo Ludens 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 218\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507245412632,"sku":"9780631153337","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631153337.jpg?v=1786441328","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-quest-for-meaning-paperback-softback-9780631153337","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}