The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 28 November 2013
- ISBN 9780199751136
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 236x160x25 mm
- Weight 499 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 illus. 0
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Short description:
The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death brings together original essays that both address the fundamental questions of the metaphysics of death and explore the relationship between those questions and some of the areas of applied ethics in which they play a central role.
MoreLong description:
The questions that surround death-Is death a harm to the person who dies? Should we be afraid of death? Can the dead be harmed? Can they be wronged?-have been of widespread interest since Classical times. This interest is currently enjoying a renaissance across a broad spectrum of philosophical fields, ranging from metaphysics to bioethics. This volume is the first to bring together original essays that both address the fundamental questions of the metaphysics of death and explore the relationship between those questions and some of the areas of applied ethics in which they play a central role.
The essays in Part I of this volume examine some of the Classical approaches to fundamental metaphysical questions surrounding death, addressing in particular the question of whether a person's death can be a harm to her. The theme of the value of death is continued in Part II, with essays addressing this issue through a more contemporary lens. The essays in Part III address the related but separate issue of whether persons can be harmed by events that occur after they die. Finally, the essays in Part IV apply the metaphysical issues addressed in Parts I through III to various issues in bioethics, including the question of posthumous organ procurement, suicide, and survival after brain injury.
Written by some of the most prominent philosophers working on these issues today, the essays in this volume showcase the state of the art of both the metaphysics of death and its importance to many areas of applied ethics.
this book contains many significant contributions to the field. It is a collection of essays by various authors who have established themselves as important contributors to the growing literature in this area, and who generally take this opportunity to present elaborations or developments of their views... Overall, there is much here to reward 'philosophical thanatologists,' whether they are new to the field or already well steeped in the literature.
Table of Contents:
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction - James Stacey Taylor
Section I: Classical Approaches to Death and their Critics
The Damage of Death: Incomplete Arguments and False Consolations - Martha Nussbaum
The harm of death in Cicero's first Tusculan disputation - James Warren
Epicurus on the Value of Death - Kai Draper
Section II: Death, and the Value of Death
The Evil of Death One More Time: Parallels between Time and Space - Harry S. Silverstein,
Adaptation - Steven Luper
Death and Desires - Ben Bradley and Kris McDaniel
Kripke's Moses - Palle Yourgrau
Concepts of Value and Our Thinking about Death - Stephen E. Rosenbaum
Section III: Posthumous Harm
The Vulnerability of the Dead - Geoffrey Scarre
Welfare and Harm After Death - Barbara Baum Levenbook
Section IV: Death and Bioethics
Doing Posthumous Harm - John Harris
Suicide: A Qualified Defense - David Benatar
Brain Injury and Survival - Walter Glannon
Index
