Death
1st Edition
Published on 24. April 2012
416 pages
978-0-300-18342-9 (ISBN)
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Shelly Kagan is Clark Professor of Philosophy, Yale University. He is the author of Normative Ethics and The Limits of Morality. He lives in Hamden, CT.
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Shelly Kagan is Clark Professor of Philosophy, Yale University. He is the author of Normative Ethics and The Limits of Morality. He lives in Hamden, CT.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Thinking about Death
- 2. Dualism versus Physicalism
- 3. Arguments for the Existence of the Soul
- 4. Descartes' Argument
- 5. Plato on the Immortality of the Soul
- 6. Personal Identity
- 7. Choosing between the Theories
- 8. The Nature of Death
- 9. Two Surprising Claims about Death
- 10. The Badness of Death
- 11. Immortality
- 12. The Value of Life
- 13. Other Aspects of Death
- 14. Living in the Face of Death
- 15. Suicide
- 16. Conclusion: An Invitation
- Notes
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
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