Death

A Reader
Herausgeber: Cutter, Mary Ann G.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Despite the fact that we all die, humans do not share the same view of death. In Death: A Reader, Mary Ann G. Cutter explores prominent themes that emerge and reemerge in the history of ideas regarding the nature of death from prominent global perspectives that span ancient to contemporary discussions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780268100537
• ISBN-10: 0268100535
• Artikelnr.: 54017460

Autorenporträt

Mary Ann G. Cutter is professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is the author and co-author of a number of books, including Thinking through Breast Cancer: A Philosophical Exploration of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Thinking About Death
Part 1. The Nature of Death
2. Physical Disintegration
3. Psychological Disintegration
4. Reincarnation
5. Resurrection
6. Medical Immortality
7. Digital Immortality
8. An Existential Phenomenon of Life
Part 2. The Value of Death 9.Bad or Good
10. To Be Feared or Not
11. To Be Grieved and How
Part 3. The Choice of Death 12.To Be Hastened or Not: The Case of Suicide
13. To Be Hastened or Not: The Case of Treatment Refusal
14. To Be Hastened or Not: The Case of Physician-Assisted Suicide
Part 4. The Lessons of Death
15. A Window into Life
Glossary of Philosophical Terms
References
Notes