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Immortality and the Philosophy of Death [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 258 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 230x150x19 mm, weight: 390 g, 4 BW Illustrations, 3 Tables
  • Išleidimo metai: 02-Dec-2015
  • Leidėjas: Rowman & Littlefield International
  • ISBN-10: 1783483849
  • ISBN-13: 9781783483846
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 258 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 230x150x19 mm, weight: 390 g, 4 BW Illustrations, 3 Tables
  • Išleidimo metai: 02-Dec-2015
  • Leidėjas: Rowman & Littlefield International
  • ISBN-10: 1783483849
  • ISBN-13: 9781783483846
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Death comes for us all eventually. Philosophers have long been perplexed by how we ought to feel about death. Many people fear death and believe that death is bad for the person who dies. But is death bad for us, and if so, how is its badness best explained? If we do not survive death if death is simply a state of nothingness how can death be bad for us? If death is bad for us, do we have good reason to live as long as possible? Would an immortal life really be a good human life or would even an immortal life eventually become tedious and make us long for mortality?

This volume presents fourteen philosophical essays that examine our attitudes toward mortality and immortality. The topics addressed have become more urgent as scientists attempt to extend the human lifespan, perhaps even indefinitely. This book invites the reader to critically appraise his or her own attitudes toward death and immortality by exploring the ethical, metaphysical, and psychological complexities associated with these issues.

Recenzijos

This new collection of essays considers whether and when death is bad for those who die, as well as whether and when it would be good to live forever.  The collection will be of great value to anyone who thinks seriously about mortality, and is a welcome addition to the literature on the philosophy of death. -- Steven Luper, Murchison Term Professor, and Philosophy Department Chair, Trinity University This is a wonderful collection of original contributions on cutting-edge topics and literature of great human interest, with a helpful introductory essay.  -- John Fischer, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside That the essays in this volume have stimulated so many questions in this short review should be taken as a testament to their interest -- and hence to the excellence of this volume as a whole [ ] Immortality and the Philosophy of Death is an extremely valuable addition to the philosophical literature on these fascinating issues. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

Introduction vii
PART I IS DEATH BAD FOR THOSE THAT DIE?
1(98)
1 Victims
3(18)
Christopher Belshaw
2 Reconsidering Categorical Desire Views
21(18)
Travis Timmerman
3 Epicureanism, Extrinsic Badness, and Prudence
39(14)
Karl Ekendahl
Jens Johansson
4 Lucretius and the Fear of Death
53(14)
Frederik Kaufman
5 The Harms of Death
67(18)
Duncan Purves
6 Seeds: On Personal Identity and the Resurrection
85(14)
Sophie-Grace Chappell
PART II LIVING WITH DEATH
99(90)
7 Fearing Death as Fearing the Loss of One's Life: Lessons from Alzheimer's Disease
101(14)
David Beglin
8 Constructing Death as a Form of Failure: Addressing Mortality in a Neoliberal Age
115(20)
Beverley Clack
9 Love and Death
135(22)
Dan Werner
10 Learning to be Dead: The Narrative Problem of Mortality
157(16)
Kathy Behrendt
11 Love and Death: The Problem of Resilience
173(16)
Aaron Smuts
PART III THE VALUE OF AN IMMORTAL LIFE
189(48)
12 Immortality, Identity, and Desirability
191(14)
Roman Altshuler
13 Resources for Overcoming the Boredom of Immortality in Fischer and Kierkegaard
205(16)
Adam Buben
14 Immortality and the Exhaustibility of Value
221(16)
Michael Cholbi
Index 237(4)
About the Contributors 241
Michael Cholbi is Professor of Philosophy at California State Polytechnic University Pomona.