Philosophy, Religion, and the Meaning of Life

Meaning - A Question and a Commitment (1x1)

Air date: Jan 01, 2009

What gives meaning to human existence? Consider two pivotal Western approaches to the question—the Humanist-philosophical and monotheistic wisdom traditions—and delineate the key metaphorical figures of the Hero and the Saint. Consider also the value of a commitment, not to an answer about meaning, but to a way of life based in questioning.