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A study of death, dying, and the meanings of mortality.
What is death? How should the knowledge of our finitude affect the living of our lives and what are the virtues suitable to mortal beings? Does death destroy the meaningfulness of life or would life that never ended be eternally and absurdly tedious? Can death really be an evil if, after death, we no longer exist as subjects of goods or evils? How should we respond to the deaths of others and do we have any duties towards the dead?
Geoffrey Scarre addresses these important questions and many others in his introduction to the philosophy of death. Drawing from a wide variety of philosophical and literary sources, Death offers a highly readable study of some of the major ethical and metaphysical riddles concerning death and dying. Scarre shows that, far from being a morbid subject, reflecting on death and its significance is an illuminating way of reflecting on life.
Geoffrey Scarre addresses these important questions and many others in his introduction to the philosophy of death. Drawing from a wide variety of philosophical and literary sources, Death offers a highly readable study of some of the major ethical and metaphysical riddles concerning death and dying. Scarre shows that, far from being a morbid subject, reflecting on death and its significance is an illuminating way of reflecting on life.
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Part of the Central Problems of Philosophy Series (number 15 in series)
184 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780773532410
February 2007
Formats: Cloth, Paperback
"Lucid, informed, and engaging. Scarre surveys the literature on the nature and significance of death and makes original contributions of his own." Steven Luper, Trinity University, San Antonio
Geoffrey Scarre is a reader in philosophy at the University of Durham.
Acknowledgements vii
1. The nature of death 1
2. Existential perspectives 25
3. Long lives, short lives 47
4. Facing death 65
5. The evil of death 85
6. The interests of the dead 111
7. Dealing with the dead 129
Notes 151
Bibliography 163
Index 171
1. The nature of death 1
2. Existential perspectives 25
3. Long lives, short lives 47
4. Facing death 65
5. The evil of death 85
6. The interests of the dead 111
7. Dealing with the dead 129
Notes 151
Bibliography 163
Index 171
