The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

New York: Oup Usa (2017)
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Are our lives meaningless? Is death bad? Would immortality be better? Alternatively, should we hasten our deaths by acts of suicide? Many people are tempted to offer comforting optimistic answers to these big questions. The Human Predicament offers a less sanguine assessment, and defends a substantial, but not unmitigated, pessimism.

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7547735045   0190633816   9787547735046   9780190633813   9780190633844
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