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On the meaning of life

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What for have we come to this world? That is the question investigated in this book, for which the author tries the answer: To live a life such that we can think it was worth having lived it. Oh, very good! might think the reader, but, how is such a life? Here the author proposes us to be aware that we are minuscule, insignificant, inconsequential in the universe, and, on the other hand, and at the same time enormously complex, unique and unrepeatable, and thus, invaluable. He then proceeds to put forward the idea of having in mind our own smallness when facing our needs and likes, and, at the same time, consider the invaluability of our neighbors when we approach their needs, criterion which he calls the "principle of relative value" Combining these two simple ideas: that we come to this world to live a life that we can evaluate that it was worth having lived it and that to such an end we must always consider the principle of relative value, has unsuspected consequences. Through them, the author takes us to conclude things like: that we are the only judge to evaluate if we have fulfilled our purpose in life, that egoism which is aware of the principle of relative value may be the greatest humanism, that individualism and communitarianism are two faces of one and the same thing, that there is not insurmountable incompatibility between agnosticism and religious faith, nor between ethics based on principles and ethics based on ends. He finally concludes: "I think it is worth a try".
About the Author: I consider myself essentially a free thinker and a seeker of the meaning of life. Self-taught student of philosophy for the past 15 years. Civil Engineer with honors from the UNAM, with a ME degree from UC Berkeley. Married to Marilupe, physical therapist who heals bodies but particularly, souls. Contractor and homebuilder. I have been conductor of TV interviews, newspaper columnist and leader of business organizations. Self-taught classical amateur guitarist and activist of citizen participation. Member of the Private Welfare Board in Colima. Altar boy at the church in my neighborhood, in my early years. Exiled from México City and immigrant in the beautiful town of Colima. Former member of the Local Elections Council in Colima and former hang-gliding pilot. Founder of Crecer con Nuestros Hijos (Growing with our children), private non-profit organization which promotes parenting education programs. Father of Irene and Jose Pablo. Sponsor of a Quality of Life concept as the guiding principle of the development of Colima.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781480068766
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 92
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 118 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1480068764
  • Publisher Date: 05 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 140 mm


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