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Informationen zum Autor By Carlo Filice Klappentext Suppose that this world is not an accident, but an expression of a divine super-mind. This book boldly contends that divine motives are guided by values that exist objectively, defending a cosmic vision that has been prominent in the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years. Zusammenfassung Suppose that this world is not an accident! but an expression of a divine super-mind. This book boldly contends that divine motives are guided by values that exist objectively! defending a cosmic vision that has been prominent in the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 1. Why? Chapter 3 2. Basic questions and basic answers Chapter 4 3. The scientific no-purpose view Chapter 5 4. The possible meaning of it all Chapter 6 5. Divine motives Chapter 7 6. Value as the key to it all Chapter 8 7. The gods must recognize value Chapter 9 8. Freedom is not arbitrariness Chapter 10 9. Worlds as entertainment value Chapter 11 10. Entertainment value leads to other forms of value Chapter 12 11. Gods, imagined worlds, and participation Chapter 13 12. Value is not merely in the eye of the beholder Chapter 14 13. The gods must affirm the value of an inner life Chapter 15 14. Feeling makes value Chapter 16 15. Feeling makes value. Part two Chapter 17 16. Feeling makes value. Part three Chapter 18 17. Can we really imagine god-beings? Chapter 19 18. Gods, longings, and action Chapter 20 19. The life of an active god Chapter 21 20. The gods as temporal beings Chapter 22 21. Imagining a god and its temporal element. Part two Chapter 23 22. Imagining a god and its temporal element. Part three Chapter 24 23. A god needs worlds Chapter 25 24. A god needs worlds. Part two Chapter 26 25. More divine imaginings: variety Chapter 27 26. More divine imaginings: surprise Chapter 28 27. A first summary: we are here because we enhance value Chapter 29 28. We are here because we enhance value. Part two Chapter 30 29. The value of products Chapter 31 30. The value of products. Part two Chapter 32 31. Real versus phony accomplishing Chapter 33 32. Agency Chapter 34 33. Agency and advanced free will Chapter 35 34. Reflection and multiple value standards Chapter 36 35. Autonomy and the role of culture Chapter 37 36. Autonomy and the sacred individual Chapter 38 37. Sacred individuals Chapter 39 38. Sacred individuals. Part two Chapter 40 39. Human sacredness and divine sacredness Chapter 41 40. Unfinished gods Chapter 42 41. Human sacredness and animal sacredness Chapter 43 42. Human sacredness and animal sacredness. Part two Chapter 44 43. Sacredness and duties of moral agents Chapter 45 44. Sacredness and institutional duties of moral agents Chapter 46 45. Sacredness and the just society Chapter 47 46. Sacredness and the just society. Part two Chapter 48 47. Sacredness and the just society. Part three Chapter 49 48. Sacredness and the just society. Part four Chapter 50 49. If value drives this world, why is it such a mixed bag? Chapter 51 50. Why a finite life? Chapter 52 51. Why a finite life? Part two Chapter 53 52. Combining finiteness and immortality Chapter 54 53. Combining finiteness and immortality. Part two Chapter 55 54. Why is this finite life so fragile and precarious? Chapter 56 55. Why is life seemingly unfair? Chapter 57 56. Why is life seemingly unfair? Part two Chapter 58 57. Is a multiple-lives scheme itself fair? Chapter 59 58. Is a multiple-lives scheme itself fair? Part two Chapter 60 59. Is a multiple-lives scheme the best one? Chapter 61 60. Child tragedies and one-life compensatory schemes Chapter 62 61. Is a multiple-lives scheme the best one? Part two Chapter 63 62. s a multiple-lives scheme the best one? Part three Chapter 64 63. Is moral accomplishment the unique human purpose? Chapter 65 64. Moral accomplishments and many lives: the multiple chances issue Chapter 66 65. Moral accomplishments and m...
