God created the universe and everything in it God Governs the Universe with a divine plan We are created by God with a specific purpose We need only find that purpose to discover our deepest joy ID: 753807
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The Meaning of Life?Slide2
The Classic Western World View
God created the universe and everything in it.
God Governs the Universe with a divine plan
We are created by God with a specific purposeWe need only find that purpose to discover our deepest joySlide3
The death of Transcendent MeaningSlide4
The Existential Vacuum
Camus “The Myth of Sisyphus.”
Beckett “Waiting for Godot.”
Sartre “No Exit.”Themes:No higher meaning
Life ends in the oblivion of death
Boredom
ApathySlide5
How do we fix this problem? Slide6
Viktor Frankl
on Meaning
1905-1997
Man’s Search for Meaning
Meaninglessness is the central problem of the modern world
We can’t find meaning in our lives and so we respond with depression, aggression, and addiction
Meaning can never be found in self-focus and self-centeredness
Meaning can only be found in
Self-
TrascendenceSlide7
The Problem with Hedonsim
The Theories that
Frankl
Criticizes all depict human nature as self-focused and self-fixated. Slide8
Frankl thinks that human nature can only be fulfilled by
Self-Transcendence
1. Creating a work or doing a deed
2. Loving someone or serving a cause
3. Having the right attitude toward inevitable suffering