PHIL 180 Lecture 15: Pojman on Meaning of Life
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Louis pojman (1935-2005) was an american philosopher and ordained minister who received a d. phil from oxford university and a phd from union seminary. He was a particularly prolific author of numerous philosophy texts and anthologies used at many universities in the united states. In contrast, the naturalist view starts and ends without value and meaning. [creation myths are not intellectually satisfying, theism is almost certainly false, the problem of evil is devastating for classical theism, and how the gods (cid:373)ight i(cid:373)(cid:271)ue (cid:396)ealit(cid:455) (cid:449)ith (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g is p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373)ati(cid:272). In contrast, in a meaningless universe, nothing (cid:373)atte(cid:396)s. [the u(cid:374)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)se does(cid:374)"t see(cid:373) filled (cid:449)ith good(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d the(cid:396)e is (cid:374)o (cid:396)easo(cid:374) to thi(cid:374)k good (cid:449)ill t(cid:396)iu(cid:373)ph o(cid:448)e(cid:396) e(cid:448)il (cid:449)ithout hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)gs. A(cid:374)d (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gless(cid:374)ess does(cid:374)"t follo(cid:449) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a(cid:374)ti-theism. ] (cid:862)god lo(cid:448)es a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:396)es fo(cid:396) us. (cid:863)[iii] ou(cid:396) g(cid:396)atitude fo(cid:396) this love motivates us to live moral lives.
