{"product_id":"maximizing-making-meaning-9781958876657","title":"Maximizing Making Meaning","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bob Lichtenbert\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Book Savvy International\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Book Savvy International\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Interpersonal Relations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking Meaning is the first book to develop the idea of making meaning, defined as \"having positive impact with one's actions.\" This is the greatest idea since everything has a meaning (an effect or relationship). It asks the life-or-death question does my life have enough meaning to continue to live it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book answers this question by developing the following main sources (or avenues) of making meaning: 1) loving relationships, 2) a sense of community, 3) genuine dialogues, 4) ful- filling work, 5) possessions, 6) appreciating artworks, 7) search for God and 8) intangibles or non- physical realities consisting of our highest values such as goodness, beauty, free will, justice and big truths. I explain and argue at length for this \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esource of intangibles, potentially the biggest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking Meaning maintains that it ought to be thought of as objective or external standards to judge everything and to live by instead of the current highly subjective or wishy-washy relative ones. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book then attacks three major challenges to making meaning: 1) widespread meaninglessness, 2) nihilism and 3) extreme relativism. I propose \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethree absolute absolutes to resolve these challenges. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, I define \"the meaning of life\" mostly in terms of the sources. A brief summary of the meaning of life from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcludes the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Savvy International","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595828773015,"sku":"9781958876657","price":1567.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781958876657.webp?v=1774991354","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/maximizing-making-meaning-9781958876657","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}