Purpose and Meaning of Life - Notes, Lecture notes of Religious Studies

Download Purpose and Meaning of Life - Notes and more Lecture notes Religious Studies in PDF only on Docsity! WHAT Is THE MEANING of LIFE? BD > Martin Heidegger (Boing in Tine) — homan beings are dist vished From other beings ie "by their capacity to question their Own ‘existence = + Purpose . meamangy= intention + Significance . meaning = Signipies, acts jas a sigin feinthagiite Fenethingbeyend Gel compass’ D Timothy Ke ller - have beth overall purpose or living ~ assvfance you are making a dee by serving other than yourself DP Artvl Gawande ( physician. Proressor author) ~ death rate nursing home * 4055, cats parakeets cabbits x residents came te hee ( gained pur pose) x completely withdrawn and non -ambul story approach nurses. etation ty wal the d0q,s fe death rate dropped |S%- * d' FF \A de ath rate - Yraced +o the fundamental need Toe A reason to | live. x housed, fed, safe ahve > empty and meaningless fr we seek a cavse beyond ovcelves  P Victor Frank) CAustrian psychiatrist aime Holocavey $uUrVv\ vor — important to Seek Meaning OF hee other wise lice may be come Mean ng le eS - Search por meaning = phimary motuahon par Jiving fe Ultimate meaning cannot be pound » & Meaninglessrness creates empl: ness, Predom, a vacuum + Vaccum will &e cilled with other things that do not give meaning tr Peclim inary answers , notion Family , Proregs son fe search for q 20d answers to hve e Ful Filled \ige & no reason to live = wrong Priori Tes by WE HAVE ONE LIFE ONLY. THIs LIFE couNTS we MUsT BE VEAP csERoUs:. D Ekkeherd+ Mveller @ SeeeESPe tah ep aGgheene Oe nliabin @® live por others