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Purpose Comes from Reason, Not Religion
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Purpose Comes from Reason, Not Religion

Reclaiming Individual Purpose in a Secular World

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Craig Biddle
May 21, 2019
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Note: This essay is included in the anthology Rational Egoism: The Morality for Human Flourishing, which makes an excellent gift and is available at Amazon.com.

Purpose is one of the most important values in human life. It is the value that answers the question “What for?”—the value that motivates us to think, strive, and thrive—the value by reference to…

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