Carlo Filice

The Purpose of Life

An Eastern Philosophical Vision

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Suppose that this world is not an accident, but an expression of a divine super-mind. This book boldly contends that divine motives are guided by values that exist objectively, defending a cosmic vision that has been prominent in the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9780761855828
• ISBN-10: 0761855823
• Artikelnr.: 33766378

Autorenporträt

Carlo Filice is professor of philosophy at SUNY Geneseo. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Champaign. His areas of expertise include philosophy of religion, ethics, and comparative religious ideas.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 1. Why? Chapter 3 2. Basic questions and basic
answers Chapter 4 3. The scientific no-purpose view Chapter 5 4. The
possible meaning of it all Chapter 6 5. Divine motives Chapter 7 6. Value
as the key to it all Chapter 8 7. The gods must recognize value Chapter 9
8. Freedom is not arbitrariness Chapter 10 9. Worlds as entertainment value
Chapter 11 10. Entertainment value leads to other forms of value Chapter 12
11. Gods, imagined worlds, and participation Chapter 13 12. Value is not
merely in the eye of the beholder Chapter 14 13. The gods must affirm the
value of an inner life Chapter 15 14. Feeling makes value Chapter 16 15.
Feeling makes value. Part two Chapter 17 16. Feeling makes value. Part
three Chapter 18 17. Can we really imagine god-beings? Chapter 19 18. Gods,
longings, and action Chapter 20 19. The life of an active god Chapter 21
20. The gods as temporal beings Chapter 22 21. Imagining a god and its
temporal element. Part two Chapter 23 22. Imagining a god and its temporal
element. Part three Chapter 24 23. A god needs worlds Chapter 25 24. A god
needs worlds. Part two Chapter 26 25. More divine imaginings: variety
Chapter 27 26. More divine imaginings: surprise Chapter 28 27. A first
summary: we are here because we enhance value Chapter 29 28. We are here
because we enhance value. Part two Chapter 30 29. The value of products
Chapter 31 30. The value of products. Part two Chapter 32 31. Real versus
phony accomplishing Chapter 33 32. Agency Chapter 34 33. Agency and
advanced free will Chapter 35 34. Reflection and multiple value standards
Chapter 36 35. Autonomy and the role of culture Chapter 37 36. Autonomy and
the sacred individual Chapter 38 37. Sacred individuals Chapter 39 38.
Sacred individuals. Part two Chapter 40 39. Human sacredness and divine
sacredness Chapter 41 40. Unfinished gods Chapter 42 41. Human sacredness
and animal sacredness Chapter 43 42. Human sacredness and animal
sacredness. Part two Chapter 44 43. Sacredness and duties of moral agents
Chapter 45 44. Sacredness and institutional duties of moral agents Chapter
46 45. Sacredness and the just society Chapter 47 46. Sacredness and the
just society. Part two Chapter 48 47. Sacredness and the just society. Part
three Chapter 49 48. Sacredness and the just society. Part four Chapter 50
49. If value drives this world, why is it such a mixed bag? Chapter 51 50.
Why a finite life? Chapter 52 51. Why a finite life? Part two Chapter 53
52. Combining finiteness and immortality Chapter 54 53. Combining
finiteness and immortality. Part two Chapter 55 54. Why is this finite life
so fragile and precarious? Chapter 56 55. Why is life seemingly unfair?
Chapter 57 56. Why is life seemingly unfair? Part two Chapter 58 57. Is a
multiple-lives scheme itself fair? Chapter 59 58. Is a multiple-lives
scheme itself fair? Part two Chapter 60 59. Is a multiple-lives scheme the
best one? Chapter 61 60. Child tragedies and one-life compensatory schemes
Chapter 62 61. Is a multiple-lives scheme the best one? Part two Chapter 63
62. s a multiple-lives scheme the best one? Part three Chapter 64 63. Is
moral accomplishment the unique human purpose? Chapter 65 64. Moral
accomplishments and many lives: the multiple chances issue Chapter 66 65.
Moral accomplishments and many lives: fair and genuine testing Chapter 67
66. We are here for more than moral purposes Chapter 68 67. Our uniquely
human purpose Chapter 69 68. The end-game Chapter 70 69. The horrors
Chapter 71 70. Massive harm to innocents caused by humans Chapter 72 71.
Massive harm to innocents caused by humans. Part two Chapter 73 72. Natural
massive harm to innocents Chapter 74 73. Epilogue Part 75 Selected
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