TY - BOOK AU - Metz,Thaddeus TI - Meaning in life: an analytic study SN - 0199599319 AV - BD431 U1 - 113.8 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Life N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction: The Meaning of life --; Part 1; Meaning as One Part of a Good Life : --; 2; The Concept of Meaning --; 3; The Bearer of Meaning --; 4; The Value of Meaning --; Part 2; Supernaturalist Theories of Meaning in Life : --; 5; Purpose Theory I: Questioning Motivations --; 6; Purpose Theory II: Advancing Objections --; 7; Non-Purposive Supernaturalism --; 8; Rejecting Supernaturalism --; Part 3; Naturalist Theories of Meaning in Life : --; 9; Subjectivism --; 10; Objectivism I: Being Attracted, Meriting Attraction, and Promoting Consequences --; 11; Objectivism II: Non-Consequentialism --; 12; Objectivism III: The Fundamentality Theory --; 13; Conclusion: the fine game of nil N2 - "What makes a person's life meaningful? Thaddeus Metz offers a new answer to an ancient question which has recently returned to the philosophical agenda."--Publisher's website ER -