Meanin of Life

Eric Boggs 10/29/2012 Martin Philosophy The meaning of keep has been debated among many an(prenominal) people throughout history. Different theories take over been used to try and apologise what our intention is in this smell-time. Ive al dashs heard from my parents that animateness is to a fault short for regrets, and that in that location will be good and bad days. heretofore what is it that people filtrate for in manners? In reality there is no right answer to this simple question. Some people strive for living life in the moment which philosopher Baggini can agree with.Others check over piety as an important way to lead their lifes as Pojman could agree with. Some resembling Camus see its humanly infeasible to find the meaning of life. Ultimately people must find it in themselves as to their purpose in this life. Julian Baggini speaks of our purpose in this life that is more(prenominal) appealing than Camus or Pojman. Baggini has a teleological observe on life meaning our purpose is looking forward to future goals and objectives. all the same Baggini doesnt mean that our purpose is to succeed presently avoiding personal felicity to achieve a better future.An example he mentions is when people translate I can die happy now because a trifle itliness fulfillment has been achieved. What is the purpose of life after achieving a lifelong goal, and in reality Baggini basically says why non. There is nothing to live for and the feeling of emptiness settles in as nothing will reciprocate that lifelong achievement. Baginni says the person who sacrifices besides much enjoyment of life to dish out the purpose of future wealth and security is thus making the sneak of overestimating the extent to which is future life will be better than the one(a)ness he could have now.Most people strive for a ample and fashionable lifestyle, but at what cost is someone willing to make for it. Baggini says what about this plentiful lifestyle is differ ent than a person who doesnt have these luxuries. Just because someone has a lot of material contentment doesnt mean that person is happier. In my view I believe Baggini has the closet view on the meaning of life because living life for a nice future while taking advantages of lifes luxuries presently is a meaningful way to live.Personally Im not a deeply religious person, but I do sack out people who value religion and incorporate their views in their daily actions. Pojman argues that religion specifically theistic religion gives meaning to life. Pojman begins by defining what it path to be free and autonomous he refers world autonomous as being self-governed or freedom to make your own choices. Pojman points out liberty is good if it serves a purpose. Whether it is doing good or bad it still serves a purpose towards life. Pojman pointed out to chance upon points an atheist women had mentioned to him in the past.One being it is more important to be free than autonomous, and t he second point being faith provides a grand meaning or purpose to live, but it does not allow humans to be free or autonomous fit in to the atheist women. Pojman argues freedom cant be understood apart(predicate) from the notion of purposiveness. Pojman states in order to be free one has to hazard A, when you want to, in order to r all(prenominal) some goal G. However Pojman looked into the bigger picture as to what this atheist woman was stating. Pojman essentially contradicts her statement with reasoning.Pojman says freedom and autonomy are often distant from each other, but in theism it is bound together. Pojman way of defining the purpose of life wasnt as appealing to me as Baggini. Religion does play a map in aspects of peoples lives just not seemly in my opinion for it to matter. Camus had different views from Pojman and Baggini because he believed life was absurd and meaningless. self-annihilation was a prominent idea that Camus comm scarce spoke of. Camus states that suicide was implying you were confessing that its not worth the trouble.He used an example of a man who killed himself quintuplet years after his daughter had passed away. The man simply was to emotionally in immutable to take back to his normal behaviors. Camus had also mentioned absurdity which he defined a come apart in a man and his overall life. Camus explained that daily routine like working several hours a week and doing the same thing day-by-day will eventually come to a halt. The question is why? Why do eventually want things to change after having a stable routine life.Camus says this is weariness which possibly leads to the idea of suicide. If something abruptly changes such as death there are two options he implies. One being able to recover what is lost, or the other is suicide. He uses the example of Sisyphus which is a god that was condemned to the underworld. Sisyphus pushes a huge stone to the top of this mountain only to roll back to the bottom to do the proce ss from start. Camus implies that this is a familiar aspect in peoples lives where being stable and having a routine is sustaining until it collapses.I feel Camus implies what is the point of living such a life if its inevitable that tragedy will likely occur. Ive had friends confide suicide and Ive have often wondered if there was anything I could have done about. In reality I looked at it from Camus point of view as it provided them a way out and essentially tell me life is not worth living. There in so plan that says how one should live, but merely a reason to find a way to live. Baggini viewed life mostly in the moment as long as happiness and future endeavors were balanced.Pojman had the idea that religion played an important role in ones life while Camus thought in the end suicide seemed to be the right choice if life became too difficult. Baggini in my opinion had the closet way in interpreting the purpose of life. Baggini explains that happiness in the present with balance d goals in the future should be a way someone should live. I certainly dont want to wait ten years to live a rich lifestyle while family and friends slip away. Life is what one makes it, but the key is finding out what purpose do people find it.