Table of Contents
Part One: Raising the Question
Prologue
1. The Range of the Question
Part Two: The Four Figures
2. The Gambler: Fate as Chance
3. The Historian: Fate as Destiny
4. The Birthday Celebrant: Fate as Fortune
5. The Tragedian: Fate as Inevitability
6. Analysis of the Four Figures
Part Three: Fate as Abandonment
7. Abandonment
8. The Three Justifications
9. Illumination
Part Four: The Fated Who
10. The Fated Who
11. Death
12. Truth

Reviews

"Gelven, a gifted writer and widely read philosopher, draws from a great breadth of scholarship and knowledge in the writing of this book. Why Me? is a profound philosophical reflection on the notion of fate, and to read this book is to join in with a thoughtful and strong-minded philosopher thinking through some extraordinarily important human topics."—Thomas V. Morris, University of Notre Dame
"Gelven brings care and attention to a very important but neglected topic. Why Me? is innovative, competent, and tantalizing."—Robert S. Solomon, University of Texas