Project Gutenberg 2005-12-02 Public domain in the USA. 364 Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell) 1849 1923 Newdigate prizeman Mallock, William Hurrell Is Life Worth Living? Produced by David Garcia, Stacy Brown Thellend and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Is Life Worth Living?" by W. H. Mallock is an analytical philosophical work written in the late 19th century. The book engages with the profound inquiry into the inherent value of human life, challenging readers to consider not just if life can be happy for some individuals, but whether it ought to be universally regarded as worth living. Mallock examines contemporary thought and argues that the question of life's worth possesses a new urgency in his era. At the start of the text, Mallock expresses skepticism about the prevailing optimism regarding life's intrinsic value, asserting that previous discussions have failed to analyze the worth of life with the necessary rigor. He argues that modern thought, despite its claims to scientific reasoning, often neglects a critical assessment of life’s significance. This opening discussion sets the stage for an exploration of various contemporary philosophical positions, including the relationship between happiness, morality, and societal expectations, effectively establishing the groundwork for his inquiry into the true meaning and worth of existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Ethics Life BJ Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 603423 2025-08-07T10:25:45.410176 text/html 605536 2020-12-13T07:50:14 text/html 295614 2025-08-07T10:25:56.332112 application/epub+zip 302788 2025-08-07T10:25:48.979203 application/epub+zip 292092 2025-08-07T10:25:47.441185 application/epub+zip 532767 2025-08-07T10:26:01.387139 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492905 2025-08-07T10:25:55.167144 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467066 2022-09-08T09:45:46.305362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529504 2025-08-07T10:25:44.447196 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 529292 2020-12-13T07:50:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 529303 2020-12-13T07:50:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20027 2025-08-07T10:26:01.539087 application/rdf+xml 12975 2025-08-07T10:25:47.987173 image/jpeg 3608 2025-08-07T10:25:47.709152 image/jpeg 193189 2020-12-13T07:50:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 208158 2020-12-13T07:50:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 193093 2020-12-13T07:50:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 275865 2025-08-07T10:25:45.455191 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia