Philosophical thinking about death and dying /
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| Author / Creator: | Barry, Vincent E. |
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| Imprint: | Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2007. |
| Description: | xvi, 267 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Death. Death. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6000856 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Philosophical Thinking and Death
- Part 1. The Nature of Death
- Introduction: The 9/11 Memorial and Death Denial
- 1. Definition and Criteria of Death
- 2. Death in the West
- 3. The Consciousness of Death
- 4. The Evil of Death
- Part 2. Survival of Death
- Introduction: A Death in the Family
- 5. The Self and Its Relation to Death
- 6. Survival Hypotheses
- 7. Bases of Belief
- Part 3. Voluntary Death
- Introduction: Quinlan, Perlmutter, and Cruzan
- 8. Conceptual Issues in Suicide and Euthanasia
- 9. History and Contemporary Opinion
- 10. Individual Morality
- 11. Social Policy and Law
- 12. Futile Treatment and the Duty To Die
- Conclusion: Life, Death, and Meaning
