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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Auteur principal: Crozat, Elliott R. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sciendo, De Gruyter 2023
Dans: Perichoresis
Année: 2023, Volume: 21, Numéro: 1, Pages: 22-38
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropologie
VA Philosophie
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:2284-7308
Contient:Enthalten in: Perichoresis
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2478/perc-2023-0002