Metaphysics of Death

Name: Metaphysics of Death
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ISBN: 9780804721042

ISBN-10: 0804721041

ISBN-13: 9780804721042

Edition: 1993

Authors: John Martin Fischer

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This collection of seventeen essays deals with the metaphysical, as opposed to the moral issues pertaining to death. For example, the authors investigate (among other things) the issue of what makes death a bad thing for an individual, if indeed death is a bad thing. This issue is more basic and abstract than such moral questions as the particular conditions under which euthanasia is justified, if it is ever justified. Though there are important connections between the more abstract questions addressed in this book and many contemporary moral issues, such as euthanasia, suicide, and abortion, the primary focus of this book is on metaphysical issues concerning the nature of death: What is…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 4/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 444
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Contributors



Introduction: Death, Metaphysics, and Morality




Death Knocks




Rationality and the Fear of Death




Death




The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality




The Evil of Death




How to Be Dead and Not Care: A Defense of Epicurus




The Dead




The Misfortunes of the Dead




Harm to Others




Reasons and Persons




Why Is Death Bad?




Death and the Value of Life




Annihilation




Epicurus and Annihilation




Some Puzzles About the Evil of Death




Well-Being and Time



Notes


Bibliography


Index