Meaning in Life

Michael Hauskeller is professor of philosophy at the University of Liverpool, and has been Head of the Department of Philosophy since January 2018. Professor Hauskeller has published three previous books with Palgrave Macmillan: Sex and the Posthuman Condition (2014), The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television (ed., 2015), and Mythologies of Transhumanism (2016).

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Apparent Absurdity of Meaning Subjectivism.- Chapter 3: Meaning Nihilism, Ultimate Purpose, and God.- Chapter 4: Death and Ultimate Significance.- Chapter 5: Mattering and Objective Value.- Chapter 6: Are Only Useful Lives Meaningful?.- Chapter 7: Can the Life of Non-Human Animals Be Meaningful?.- Chapter 8: Importance, Achievement, and Post-Mortal Fame.- Chapter 9: Towards a Pluralistic Account of Meaning in Life.- Chapter 10: Existential Distress, Suicide, and Moral Faith.- Chapter 11: What It Means to Experience One’s Life as Meaningful.- Chapter 12: Meaning, Doing Good, and Being Good.- Chapter 13: Can the Experience of Meaning Ever Be Illusory?.- Chapter 14: Conclusion.