Preface
1: Introduction: The Meaning of life
Part 1: Meaning as One Part of a Good Life
2: The Concept of Meaning
3: The Bearer of Meaning
4: The Value of Meaning
Part 2: Supernaturalist Theories of Meaning in Life
5: Purpose Theory I: Questioning Motivations
6: Purpose Theory II: Advancing Objections
7: Non-Purposive Supernaturalism
8: Rejecting Supernaturalism
Part 3: Naturalist Theories of Meaning in Life
9: Subjectivism
10: Objectivism I: Being Attracted, Meriting Attraction, and
Promoting Consequences
11: Objectivism II: Non-Consequentialism
12: Objectivism III: The Fundamentality Theory
13: Conclusion: the fine game of nil
Epilogue
Works Cited
Index
Thaddeus Metz is Humanities Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of around one hundred professional journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopaedia entries, on a variety of topics in ethical, political, and legal philosophy.
Meaning in Life has many good features. It is comprehensive,
meticulous, and argumentative. Metz seems to have read everything
anyone has ever written about the topic and has a thoughtful
opinion on every claim. There is no volume that would work better
as a textbook for a class on meaningfulness.
*Antti Kauppinen, Ethics*
After decades of surprising neglect, the topic of life's meaning is
again a central part of analytic moral philosophy. Thaddeus Metz
can take much of the credit for this development and his new book
is set to become the standard and indispensible reference point for
the topic.
*Samantha Vice, Mind*
The new account of meaningfulness he suggests in this book and the
meticulous analyses he offers of previous accounts are a very
significant contribution to the field. Future philosophical
research on meaning in life will have to take account of his
innovative and high-quality research.
*Iddo Landau, Religious Studies*
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