The Human Predicament

Author : David Benatar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190633820

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Are our lives meaningful, or meaningless? Is our inevitable death a bad thing? Would immortality be an improvement? Would it be better, all things considered, to hasten our deaths by suicide? Many people ask these big questions -- and some people are plagued by them. Surprisingly, analytic philosophers have said relatively little about these important questions about the meaning of life. When they have tackled the big questions, they have tended, like popular writers, to offer comforting, optimistic answers. The Human Predicament invites readers to take a clear-eyed and unfettered view of the human condition. David Benatar here offers a substantial, but not unmitigated, pessimism about the central questions of human existence. He argues that while our lives can have some meaning, we are ultimately the insignificant beings that we fear we might be. He maintains that the quality of life, although less bad for some than for others, leaves much to be desired in even the best cases. Worse, death is generally not a solution; in fact, it exacerbates rather than mitigates our cosmic meaninglessness. While it can release us from suffering, it imposes another cost - annihilation. This state of affairs has nuanced implications for how we should think about many things, including immortality and suicide, and how we should think about the possibility of deeper meaning in our lives. Ultimately, this thoughtful, provocative, and deeply candid treatment of life's big questions will interest anyone who has contemplated why we are here, and what the answer means for how we should live.

Author : David Benatar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780190633813

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The Human Predicament by David Benatar Pdf

Are our lives meaningless? Is death bad? Would immortality be better? Alternatively, should we hasten our deaths by acts of suicide? Many people are tempted to offer comforting optimistic answers to these big questions. The Human Predicament offers a less sanguine assessment, and defends a substantial, but not unmitigated, pessimism.

Author : Michael A Singer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1038722772

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Living Untethered by Michael A Singer Pdf

It's time to let your spirit soar! From world-renowned spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Untethered Soul-this highly anticipated, timely, and transformative guide offers a crucial reminder that true inspiration, fulfillment, and joy exist within each and every one of us, and provides a clear path to understanding ourselves and finding unconditional happiness-every day.

Author : Robert M. Sapolsky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439125052

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The Trouble With Testosterone by Robert M. Sapolsky Pdf

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize From the man who Oliver Sacks hailed as “one of the best scientist/writers of our time,” a collection of sharply observed, uproariously funny essays on the biology of human culture and behavior. In the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould and Oliver Sacks, Robert Sapolsky offers a sparkling and erudite collection of essays about science, the world, and our relation to both. “The Trouble with Testosterone” explores the influence of that notorious hormone on male aggression. “Curious George’s Pharmacy” reexamines recent exciting claims that wild primates know how to medicate themselves with forest plants. “Junk Food Monkeys” relates the adventures of a troop of baboons who stumble upon a tourist garbage dump. And “Circling the Blanket for God” examines the neurobiological roots underlying religious belief. Drawing on his career as an evolutionary biologist and neurobiologist, Robert Sapolsky writes about the natural world vividly and insightfully. With candor, humor, and rich observations, these essays marry cutting-edge science with humanity, illuminating the interconnectedness of the world’s inhabitants with skill and flair.

Author : Jagdish Chandra Dave
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349076468

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The Human Predicament in Hardy's Novels by Jagdish Chandra Dave Pdf

Author : David Benatar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199549269

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Better Never to Have Been by David Benatar Pdf

First published in paperback in 2008. Reprinted 2009, 2013.

Author : John Kekes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226359458

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Human Predicaments by John Kekes Pdf

The Ideal of Reflection -- Reflection, Innocence, and Ideal Theories -- Toward Deeper Understanding -- Notes -- Bibliography

Author : G.J. Warnock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000076998

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The Object of Morality by G.J. Warnock Pdf

The central issue is that of identifying and understanding the fundamental principles of morality but the book also discusses the place of rules in moral thought, the nature of obligation, the relation between morality and religion and that of being moral and rational.

Author : John J. Thatamanil
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451411375

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The Immanent Divine by John J. Thatamanil Pdf

While traditional Christian thought and spirituality have always affirmed the divine presence in human life, Thatamanil argues we have much to learn from non-dualistic Hindu thought, especially that of the eighth-century thinker Sankara, and from the Christian panentheism of Paul Tillich. Thatamanil compares their diagnoses and prognoses of the human predicament in light of their doctrine of God or Ultimate Reality. What emerges is a new theology of God and human beings, with a richer and more radical conception of divine immanence, a reconceived divine transcendence, and a keener sense of how the dynamic and active Spirit at work in us anchors real hope and deep joy.Using key insights from Christian and Hindu thought Thatamanil vindicates comparative theology, expands the vocabulary about the ineffable God, and arrives at a new construal of the problems and prospects of the human condition.

Author : Lydia Amir
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030326715

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Philosophy, Humor, and the Human Condition by Lydia Amir Pdf

This book presents an original worldview, Homo risibilis, wherein self-referential humor is proposed as the path leading from a tragic view of life to a liberating embrace of human ridicule. Humor is presented as a conceptual tool for holding together contradictions and managing the unresolvable conflict of the human condition till Homo risibilis resolves the inherent tension without epistemological cost. This original approach to the human condition allows us to effectively address life’s ambiguities without losing sight of its tragic overtones and brings along far-ranging personal and social benefits. By defining the problem that other philosophies and many religions attempt to solve in terms we can all relate to, Homo risibilis enables an understanding of the Other that surpasses mere tolerance. Its egalitarian vision roots an ethic of compassion without requiring metaphysical or religious assumptions and liberates the individual for action on others’ behalf. It offers a new model of rationality which effectively handles and eventually resolves the tension between oneself, others, and the world at large. Amir’s view of the human condition transcends the field of philosophy of humor. An original worldview that fits the requirements of traditional philosophy, Homo risibilis is especially apt to answer contemporary concerns. It embodies the minimal consensus we need in order to live together and the active role philosophy should responsibly play in a global world. Here developed for the first time in a complete way, the Homo risibilis worldview is not only liberating in nature, but also illuminates the shortcomings of other philosophies in their attempts to secure harmony in a disharmonious world for a disharmonious human being.

Author : Johan Christiaan Beker
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802807224

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Suffering and Hope by Johan Christiaan Beker Pdf

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. This compelling study by J. Christian Beker provides a moving, triumphant answer to one of life's greatest mysteries -- the presence of suffering in God's world. Now an established classic in the discussion of the problem of evil, Suffering and Hope plumbs the Old Testament's response to earthly pain as well as Paul's own dealings with "redemptive suffering." Beker seeks to understand how the Bible's view of suffering relates to our present experience of suffering and to the Christian hope for the future of creation. His concern is with the quality and character of both suffering and hope in a world where the question of suffering is inescapable. This powerful new edition features a foreword by Ben C. Ollenburger that describes the story behind the book -- the dehumanizing conditions Beker endured as a slave laborer during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands and the ways in which they helped shape the particular poignancy of his view of suffering. Readers will be moved both by Beker's personal transparency and by his biblical vision of "hopeful suffering" -- the apocalyptic trust in God's eventual victory over the power of death that poisons his creation.

Author : Robert M. Sapolsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Behaviorism (Psychology)
ISBN : 0747258457

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Junk Food Monkeys by Robert M. Sapolsky Pdf

Author : David K. Cohen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674051102

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Teaching and Its Predicaments by David K. Cohen Pdf

Since Socrates, teaching has been a difficult and even dangerous profession. Why is teaching such hard work? In this provocative, witty, sometimes rueful book, Cohen writes about the predicaments that teachers face and explores what responsible teaching can be. He focuses on the kind of mind reading teaching demands and the resources it requires.

Author : George Stranahan,Nicole Beinstein Strait
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Photography, Artistic
ISBN : 0981781039

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Phlogs by George Stranahan,Nicole Beinstein Strait Pdf

Words and pictures come together in this book about the life and photography of George Stranahan, physicist, professor, rancher, founder of Flying Dog brewery [and Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey], philanthropist, former head of Aspen Community School, and friend of Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman. Starting out by imitating the work and subject matter of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, Stranahan grew into his own idiosyncratic style. “As I look at my photos now,” he says, “I think that perhaps they are the serious work of my life.” (Cornell Alumni Magazine, March/April 2010) WINNER of the 2010 Colorado Book Award, Pictorial Category WINNER of The Indie Next Generation Coffee Table/Photography Book Award and Grand Prize Winner - Second Place, Non-Fiction Award

Author : Jeremy Griffith
Publisher : WTM Publishing and Communications PTY Limited
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781741290578

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THE Interview That Solves The Human Condition And Saves The World! by Jeremy Griffith Pdf

The best introduction to biologist Jeremy Griffith’s world-saving explanation of the human condition! The transcript of acclaimed British actor and broadcaster Craig Conway’s astonishing, world-changing and world-saving 2020 interview with Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith about his book FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition which presents the completely redeeming, uplifting and healing understanding of the core mystery and problem about human behaviour of our so-called good and evil -stricken human condition thus ending all the conflict and suffering in human life at its source, and providing the now urgently needed road map for the complete rehabilitation and transformation of our lives and world! In fact, a former President of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Professor Harry Prosen, has described it as the most important interview of all time! This world-saving interview was broadcast across the UK in 2020 and is being replayed on radio & TV stations around the world. This book is supported by a very informative website at www.humancondition.com, where you can watch the video of the interview.