What's It All About? Philosophy and the Meaning of Life - Julian Baggini

What’s it all about? Self-proclaimed rationalist and humanist Julian Baggini chooses to answer the ultimate question of life’s meaning by limiting himself to rational, secular inquiry and the assumption that human life contains the source and measure of its own value. He rejects “any supposed revealed truths, religious doctrines or sacred texts, claiming they possess no “credibility” because of “the great diversity of faiths in the world” (2). (Strangely enough, he doesn’t seem bothered by the great diversity of philosophical opinions.) According to Baggini, we must look for the source of life’s meaning outside of religion or any transcendent reality. We are responsible to create meaning for ourselves. We do not “discover” meaning – for there really is no meaning to be discovered. In fact, the category of meaning is literally meaningless in regard to life. Instead, we “create” meaning. We make it up ourselves, for ourselves, by ourselves. For my extended summary, click HERE..