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050 0 0 _aBD444
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100 1 _aLinden, Patrick Ingemar,
_d1968-
245 1 4 _aThe case against death /
_cIngemar Patrick Linden.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c[2022]
300 _ax, 258 pages ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
490 1 _aBasic bioethics.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _a"An argument against the "Wise View" of death that it is an inevitable and acceptable part of life"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aDeath.
830 0 _aBasic bioethics.
999 _c522976
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