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The Value and Meaning of Life (Hardcover)
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The Value and Meaning of Life (Hardcover)
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In this book Christopher Belshaw draws on earlier work concerning
death, identity, animals, immortality, and extinction, and builds a
large-scale argument dealing with questions of both value and
meaning. Rejecting suggestions that life is sacred or intrinsically
valuable, he argues instead that its value varies, and varies
considerably, both within and between different kinds of things. So
in some cases we might have reason to improve or save a life, while
in others that reason will be lacking. What about starting lives?
The book's central section takes this as its focus, and asks
whether we ever have reason to start lives, just for the sake of
the one whose life it is. Not only is it denied that there is any
such reason, but some sympathy is afforded to the anti-natalist
contention that there is always reason against. The final chapters
deal with meaning. There is support here for the sober and familiar
view that meaning derives from an enthusiasm for, and some success
with, the pursuit of worthwhile projects. Now suppose we are
immortal. Or suppose, in contrast, that we face imminent
extinction. Would either of these threaten meaning? The claim is
made that the force of such threats is often exaggerated. The Value
and Meaning of Life is essential reading for students and
researchers in philosophy, ethics, and religion, and will be of
interest to all those concerned with how to live, and how to think
about the lives of others.
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