The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge, the Death of God, and the Contemporary Crisis of Meaning

In Steven DeLay (ed.), Finding Meaning: Essays on Philosophy, Nihilism and the Death of God. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf&Stock (2023)
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I argue that our present crisis of meaning is grounded in what Dallas Willard called "the disappearance of moral knowledge," and in institutional changes related to this disappearance. Following Frankl, I argue that meaning requires self-transcendence via commitment to "higher" values, but the disappearance of moral knowledge has obscured the reality of such values, and hence has obscured the path to meaningful self-transcendence.

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Aaron Preston
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