PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Christian Vision, Neoplatonism
25 Aug 2020
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Religions have typically given an objectivist and external answer to the question of life"s meaning. We have purpose because we are here for some divinely appointed reason. Augustine was a neoplatonic christian philosopher who believed we were created for a transcendent purpose- to love god and others. We could find our ultimate place in the universe by living lives with rightly ordered loves centered on the love of god. The principle of agape or divine love modeled by redemptive story of jesus is. This christian vision calls us to live for others and not merely for our own self- interest. Most externalists view the matter from a religious standpoint. Typically the central doctrine is that a human life has meaning only because it is part of god"s plan. Baggini"s view: [i]t is often said that we are here to do god"s will.
