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God’s Goodness, Divine Purpose, and the Meaning of Life
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2022The divine purpose theory (DPT)—according to which that human life is meaningful to the extent that it fulfills some purpose or plan to which God has directed us—encounters well-known Euthyphro problems. Some theists attempt to avoid these problems by appealing to God’s essential goodness, à la the modified divine command theory (DCT) of Adams and ...
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1999
In the previous chapter, our discussion of the self was largely based on its mainstream quantitative treatment in academic psychology. A somewhat different approach to the self has come from philosophy, namely, existentialism, which actually represents several related systems.
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In the previous chapter, our discussion of the self was largely based on its mainstream quantitative treatment in academic psychology. A somewhat different approach to the self has come from philosophy, namely, existentialism, which actually represents several related systems.
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Purpose and meaning in life, quality of life, satisfacción with life, and happiness in cancer
2022Purpose and meaning in life are psychological factors that can protect individuals with different cancer diagnoses.
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The Effects of Death Contemplation on Meaning and Purpose in Life
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 1988Affective involvement during reflection on personal mortality was expected to facilitate psychological change. Twenty participants engaged in an age progression fantasy during which they imagined themselves gradually aging and eventually dying. Then, one-half of the participants evaluated their fantasy experiences objectively and one-half attended to ...
Don Kuiken, Gregory Madison
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The impact of the death of a child on meaning and purpose in life
Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss, 1997Abstract This article examines one aspect of parental readjustment to the death of a child, change in meaning and purpose in life, through use of thick descriptions (Geertz, 1973) from parents bereaved for 1 or more years. Findings are congruent with Frankl's (1963) argument that meaning in life can be discovered in three different ways; parents ...
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Living A Meaningful Life for Diabetic Patients: Basis for Holistic Nursing Care
International journal of research and innovation in social scienceDiabetes mellitus is a condition that poses a serious problem on how one sees oneself which can undermine relationship with others, and blurs one’s purpose in life.
Gracia A. Nieves +1 more
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RANDOM THOUGHTS ON PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION HUMANITIES AND COMMERCELife is a puzzle. Man is the only animal that is faced with this puzzle due to man’s capacity to reflect. As an animal that has the capacity to reflect, man is not just programmed to exist per existence. Man needs a purpose to live. He is the only animal
Ebo Socrates
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Meaning-in-Life in Nursing Home Patients: A Validation Study of the Purpose-in-Life Test
Journal of Nursing Measurement, 2013Background: The experience of meaning has been found to be a strong individual predictor of life satisfaction and an important psychological variable that promotes well-being. Therefore, a valid and reliable measurement of meaning-in-life among nursing home patients is highly warranted.
Gørill, Haugan, Unni Karin, Moksnes
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Could God's purpose be the source of life's meaning?
Religious Studies, 2000In this paper, I explore the traditional religious account of what can make a life meaningful, namely, the view that one's life acquires significance insofar as one fulfils a purpose God has assigned. Call this view ‘purpose theory’. In the literature, there are objections purporting to show that purpose theory entails the logical absurdities that ...
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Addiction recovery stories: Jenna Whitworth in conversation with Lisa Ogilvie
Advances in Dual Diagnosis: Policy, practice and research in mental health and substance useThe purpose of this paper is to examine recovery through lived experience. It is part of a series that explores candid accounts of addiction and recovery to identify important components in the recovery process. The G-CHIME model comprises six
J. Whitworth, L. Ogilvie
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