Life, Death and Meaning Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions

Name: Life, Death and Meaning Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
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ISBN: 9781442201705

ISBN-10: 1442201703

ISBN-13: 9781442201705

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: David Benatar, ChristineOverall Staff, Margaret A. Boden, Peter Caldwell, Fred Feldman

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Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better if we were immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Life, Death and Meaning brings together key readings, primarily by English-speaking philosophers, on such big questions.

Book details

List price: $64.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

The authors of this series are all professional artists or teachers.



Preface


Introduction



The Meaning of Life



The Meaning of Life




The Absurd




"Nothing Matters"




Philosophy and the Meaning of Life




Philosophy and the Meaning of Life




The Meanings of Life



Suggestions for Further Reading on the Meaning of Life



Creating People



Whether Causing Someone to Exist Can Benefit This Person




Why Not Let Life Become Extinct?




On Becoming Extinct




Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence



Suggestions for Further Reading on Creating People



Death



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




The Misfortunes of the Dead




Annihilation




Some Puzzles About the Evil of Death




Pie-Vital and Post-Mortem Non-Existence




Why Death Is Not Bad for the One Who Died



Suggestions for Further Reading on Death



Suicide



Of Suicide




Suicide and Duty




Suicide: A Qualified Defense



Suggestions for Further Reading on Suicide



Immortality



Immortality: A Letter




The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality




Why Immortality Is Not So Bad




"From Here to Eternity": Is It Good to Live Forever?



Suggestions for Further Reading on Immortality



Optimism and Pessimism



Optimism




The Consolations of Optimism




The Sad Truth: Optimism, Pessimism, and Pragmatism




On the Sufferings of the World



Suggestions for Further Reading on Optimism and Pessimism


Index


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