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The case against death / Ingemar Patrick Linden.

By: Series: Basic bioethicsPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]Description: x, 258 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0262543168
  • 9780262543163
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 128/.5 23
LOC classification:
  • BD444 .L4895 2022
Contents:
The case against death -- The case against dying -- Death is harmless -- Life is overrated -- Death is natural and therefore good -- It would be boring to live longer -- We need a deadline -- Morality, character, virtue, and moral excellence -- Death is the mother of beauty -- Death saves us from overpopulation -- Death saves us from social consequences worse than death -- The state of the debate and a concluding dialogue concerning the badness of human mortality.
Summary: "An argument against the "Wise View" of death that it is an inevitable and acceptable part of life"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BD444 .L4895 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001508745

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The case against death -- The case against dying -- Death is harmless -- Life is overrated -- Death is natural and therefore good -- It would be boring to live longer -- We need a deadline -- Morality, character, virtue, and moral excellence -- Death is the mother of beauty -- Death saves us from overpopulation -- Death saves us from social consequences worse than death -- The state of the debate and a concluding dialogue concerning the badness of human mortality.

"An argument against the "Wise View" of death that it is an inevitable and acceptable part of life"-- Provided by publisher.

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