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Can Death Be a Harm to the Person Who Dies?
J. Li
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paperback. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ; HPQ; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
lt is with great pleasure that I write this preface for Or Li's book, wh ich addresses the venerable and vexing issues surrounding the problem of whether death can be a harm to the person who dies. This problem is an ancient one which was raised long ago by the early Greek philosopher Epicurus, who notoriously argued that death is at no time a harm to its 'victim' because before death there is no harrn and after death there is no victim. Epicurus's conclusion is conspicuously at odds with our prereflective and in most cases our post-reflective-intuitions, and numerous strategies ... Read more
lt is with great pleasure that I write this preface for Or Li's book, wh ich addresses the venerable and vexing issues surrounding the problem of whether death can be a harm to the person who dies. This problem is an ancient one which was raised long ago by the early Greek philosopher Epicurus, who notoriously argued that death is at no time a harm to its 'victim' because before death there is no harrn and after death there is no victim. Epicurus's conclusion is conspicuously at odds with our prereflective and in most cases our post-reflective-intuitions, and numerous strategies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048159734
SKU
V9789048159734
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