The philosophy of death /

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Author / Creator:	Luper, Steven.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 253 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Death. Death -- Moral and ethical aspects. PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism. Death. Death -- Moral and ethical aspects. Tod Philosophie Tötung Ethik Tod. Philosophie. Ethik. Döden -- etik och moral. Dödens mening. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11829663

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ISBN:	9781139129602 1139129600 0511593805 9780511593802 9780511627231 0511627238 9780521882491 0521882494 9780521709125 0521709121
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This work is a discussion of the basic philosophical issues concerning death, and a critical introduction to the relevant contemporary philosophical literature.
Other form:	Print version: Luper, Steven. Philosophy of death. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521882491

Table of Contents:

Part I. Dying : Introduction
Life : Life and living things ; Humanity, personhood, identity
Death : Death clarified ; Criteria for death
Challenges : The symmetry argument ; The timing puzzle ; Tranquility
Mortal harm : Prudential value ; The harm theses
The timing puzzle : The Epicurean challenge ; Solutions
Part II. Killing : Killing : The harm account ; The subject value account ; The consent account ; The combined account
Suicide and euthanasia : 'Suicide' and 'euthanasia' ; Rationally choosing to die ; Morally choosing to die ; Intervention, assistance, and euthanasia
Abortion : Arguments against abortion ; Comparable lives thesis ; The comparable lives argument.

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