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The meaning of life. The issue: Does human life have a purpose? Three views 1. The pessimistic or nihilistic As expressed by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) A critique of this position: R. M. Hare. The meaning of life. 2. The secular or humanistic Albert Camus (1913-1960)
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The meaning of life • The issue: Does human life have a purpose? • Three views • 1. The pessimistic or nihilistic • As expressed by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) • A critique of this position: R. M. Hare The meaning of life - 1
The meaning of life • 2. The secular or humanistic • Albert Camus (1913-1960) • 3. The metaphysical or religious • Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) The meaning of life - 2
The meaning of life • 1. Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) expression of nihilism • In the military, 1868 The meaning of life - 3
The meaning of life • From The Gay Science (Die fröhliche Wissenschaft, 1882) • The theme of the death of God & the resulting disorientation & experience of nothingness (meaninglessness). The meaning of life - 4
The meaning of life • “Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly, ‘I seek God! I seek God!’ . . . ‘Whither is God’ he cried. ‘I shall tell you. We have killed him--you and I. All of us are his murderers. [more] The meaning of life - 5
The meaning of life • But how have we done this? How were we able to drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizen? What did we do when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving now? Away from all suns? Are we now plunging continually? The meaning of life - 6
The meaning of life • Backward, sideward, forward, in all directions? Is there any up or down left? Are we not straying as through an infinite nothing? . . . God is dead. . . . And we have killed him. . . . Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must not we ourselves become gods simply to seem worthy of it?’” (from The Gay Science, 1882) The meaning of life - 7
The meaning of life • What kind of a statement is Nietzsche’s declaration of the death of God? • Metaphysical? • Cultural? • For Nietzsche, one can overcome the meaninglessness brought about by the death of God by an act of will--a superhuman effort of will. The meaning of life - 8
The meaning of life • R.M. Hare’s critique of the nihilist view on the meaning of life • The story of a Swiss boy • Read Camus’s L’Etranger • Rien, rien n’avait d’importance • Hare’s diagnosis: “Something matters” is an expression of concern about something. The meaning of life - 9
The meaning of life • Now can a person be completely unconcerned about everything? • Hare: No • Human beings are always concerned about something; humans cannot be completely unconcerned about everything The meaning of life - 10
The meaning of life • Thus if someone says “nothing matters,” they are • either uttering nonsense • or they are psychologically disturbed & ought to seek counseling The meaning of life - 11
The meaning of life • 2. Albert’s Camus’ (1913-1960) humanism • Camus in 1944, at age 31 The meaning of life - 12
The meaning of life • Camus & his wife, Francine, December 1957, Stolkholm. Reception on the occasion of the Nobel prize. The meaning of life - 13
The meaning of life • From The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) • Life is absurd but this absurdity can be overcome. How? • The answer in The Myth • Problem: Is the struggle to overcome absurdity enough? Struggle for what? • The answer in The Plague (1947) The meaning of life - 14
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (English, 1833-1898) • Sisyphus The meaning of life - 15
The meaning of life • The general answer of the humanist approach to the meaning of life: • We make meaning for our lives through our choices. The meaning of life - 16
The meaning of life • 3. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s (1881-1955) religious answer • Background • The momentousness of the theory of evolution • The Law of Complexity-Consciousness The meaning of life - 17
The meaning of life • The theory of spheres (realms) barysphere lithosphere hydrosphere biosphere noosphere The meaning of life - 18
The meaning of life • The directionality of evolution -- toward the Omega Point = God • “Reflections on Happiness” (1943) • Three attitudes toward life and three kinds of happiness • pessimist - tranquility • hedonist - pleasure • enthusiast - growth The meaning of life - 19
The meaning of life • How can we choose between these? • Evolution provides a clue • The examples of the Curie’s, the Arctic & Antarctic explorers • The route to the third form of happiness • A combination of fitting into the flow of evolution and helping bring it about The meaning of life - 20
The meaning of life • The 3 rules of happiness • 1. Fight against following the least line of resistance • 2. Pursue the proper form of love--namely, giving ourselves to others • 3. Turn the ultimate interest of our lives to the advancement of the world we live in • For Chardin, this coincides with the Christian vision. The meaning of life - 21
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