An Investigation of Conditions for the Meaning of Life
According to purpose theory (PT), God’s existence, telic creation of human beings, and human libertarian free will are necessary conditions for human life to be objectively meaningful. In this paper, I raise and respond to four objections to PT: two concerning insufficiencies and two regarding ambig...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
2023
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Perichoresis
Jahr: 2023, Band: 21, Heft: 1, Seiten: 22-38 |
| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropologie VA Philosophie |
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| Zusammenfassung: | According to purpose theory (PT), God’s existence, telic creation of human beings, and human libertarian free will are necessary conditions for human life to be objectively meaningful. In this paper, I raise and respond to four objections to PT: two concerning insufficiencies and two regarding ambiguities in the theory. I conclude that PT-advocates have relatively effective replies to the second insufficiency objection and to both ambiguity objections, but that PT is vulnerable to the first insufficiency objection. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Perichoresis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/perc-2023-0002 |