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11%OFFJohn Martin Fischer - The Metaphysics of Death - 9780804721042 - V9780804721042
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The Metaphysics of Death

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Description for The Metaphysics of Death Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Fischer, John Martin. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 524.

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 ... Read more

Other subjects addressed include the Epicurean view othat death is not a misfortune (for the person who dies); the nature of misfortune and benefit; the meaningulness and value of life; and the distinction between the life of a person and the life of a living creature who is not a person. There is an extensive bibiography that includes science-fiction treatments of death and immorality.

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Series
Stanford Series in Philosophy
Condition
New
Weight
523g
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804721042
SKU
V9780804721042
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99-50

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"The great variety of viewpoints contained in this book make it a pleasure to read and study, full as it is of intelligent, sometimes brilliant, occasionally infuriating, but always stimulating arguments. It provides the reader with a fairly comprehensive survey of recent developments in the debate on the value of existence and the evil of death-as-non existence and as such ... Read more

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