Directions: Please provide detailed and elaborate responses to the following questions. Your response to each should be a minimum of one half of one page in length for each question under each question and should include examples from the reading references.
1. What meaning, if any, do you believe that life has? Explain why you believe that life has the meaning (or lack of meaning) that you describe.
2. Do you agree with Hegel that human history exhibits progress? Explain.
3. Does it matter whether or not life has meaning? If life has no meaning but you are having a lot of fun, should you look closely at the question of whether life has meaning? If you are happy and unbothered, is it better to ignore the question, or is there some reason to look at the question closely anyway? Explain your answer.
4. What are some of the implications of Fukuyama's view that history has ended?