You: There is no reason to believe that life is meaningless without hope. Even the most hopeless of people may wish to live in order to raise their children or improve the lot of others.

Aaron: The items you mention all rest on the hope that life will be better for your children than it was for you or the hope that you can make the lot of others better if not your own, but that is no matter. Although you have argued that there can be a kind of meaning to life without hope, my argument still stands. You see, when I say that life must have meaning in order for there to be hope, I mean that there must be some kind of a divine plan whereby all things become equal in the end. It is the logical conclusion of hope.

How do you respond?

  1. Hope does not imply God. Go
  2. You are talking about justice. Go