Exam 9: Postscript: the Meaning of Life

For Marx, the more perfect world would be a world without

For Marx, the perfect future world would be a(n) society.

Sartre was

Kurt Baier argued that the theist response to the question of whether life has meaning is morally repugnant.

The view that there is no larger whole or part to which we can contribute is

Nihilism is the claim that

One proponent of the theistic response to the question of whether life has meaning is

Schopenhauer believed that everything passes away.

Tolstoy believed that if death was simply annihilation then life had no meaning.

Kai Nielsen claims that

Who believed that all good things are vanity?

How can we understand the question "What is the meaning of life?"? Which way of understanding this question do you think is the most defensible, and why?

Hegel believed that history showed progress.

Rudolf Carnap endorsed:

Karl Marx denied that history showed progress.

R.M. Hare argued that life has meaning.

The lifestyles that Kierkegaard described included one he termed

Carnap attempted to answer the question of whether life had meaning.

Should we endorse the nihilist response to the question of whether life has any meaning? If we should, does this undercut any reason that we might have for living? Explain your answer here. If we should not, explain why.

Richard Taylor argues for the view that