The Wildman’s dilemma : Is the question ‘What is the meaning of life?’ harmful?
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Hoswell, Timb. (2020). The Wildman’s dilemma : Is the question ‘What is the meaning of life?’ harmful? The Heythrop Journal. 61(4), pp. 633-641. https://doi.org/10.1111/heyj.13321
Authors | Hoswell, Timb |
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Abstract | [Extract] Is the very question ‘what is the meaning of life?’ harmful? Humans often fight and go to war over various answers offered by religions, prophets, gurus, economists and philosophers. Could the question of seeking a ‘life meaning’ be dangerous? This paper considers existential strains of philosophy in Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, through the lens of Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, Albert Camus and Plato’s Allegory of the Chariot in order to argue that Western philosophy needs to ask whether the question of a meaning to life is itself both dangerous and harmful to the human condition. |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | The Heythrop Journal |
Journal citation | 61 (4), pp. 633-641 |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
ISSN | 0018-1196 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/heyj.13321 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85068536091 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 633-641 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 04 Jul 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 23 Aug 2021 |
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