Exam 9: Postscript: The Meaning of Life

Schopenhauer held that all good things are ____________________.

For Kierkegaard,the meaning of life is objective.

For Kierkegaard,the meaning of life is

Kierkegaard held that life could only have meaning if we commit ourselves to a cause or ideal that we know is worth pursuing.

In this chapter,which of the following philosophers argued that the nihilist response is mistaken?

Do you believe that there are limits on subjective meaning? Are there certain activities that are objectively pointless,even if someone values them highly? If you believe that there are such limits on subjective meaning,explain how we can determine them.If you believe that there are not,would you say that a person who was delusional could have a meaningful life?

R.M.Hare has argued that the ____________________ response to the question of whether life has meaning is mistaken.

For Francis Fukuyama,

____________________ has argued that history is no longer progressing towards any goal.

The ____________________ response to the question of what the meaning of life is led Tolstoy out of his depression.

Marx held that progress was

Kierkegaard described three lifestyles,which he called ethical,religious,and ____________________.

For Kierkegaard,the move to the religious stage requires a(n)____________________ ____________________ ____________________.

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

Hegel believed that history showed progress.

Kai Nielsen claims that

For Kierkegaard,the commitment to the ethical stage of life involves

Which of the following philosophers is an advocate of nihilism?

Schopenhauer believed that everything passes away.