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2024-2025 Catalog

PHIL 361 Meaning of Life

A philosophical examination of the question of whether human life has any meaning. Topics include what “meaning” in this context might mean; whether accomplishments, immortality, value, happiness, narrative structure, divine purpose, or something else might make a human life meaningful; and what the ethical implications might be if human life has (or has no) meaning.

Prerequisite

Two prior courses in Philosophy

Instructor

McLeod