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Upon completion of this chapter you should be able to:
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1. Explain the questioning the question view |
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2. Discuss the view of pessimism and Arthur Schopenhauser's analysis of the human condition |
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3. Discuss the religious view of the meaning of life and Leo Tolstoy’s struggle to find meaning |
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4. Discuss the secular-humanist view and Hazel E. Barnes's version of it |
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5. State several common themes of existentialist philosophy |
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6. State five general insights of existentialism that might be useful for developing one's own personal philosophical perspective |
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7. Explain how Søren Kierkegaard and Jean-Paul Sartre illustrate the five insights |