Death and Meaning
Volume 90
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Part of Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements
- Editor: Michael Hauskeller
- Date Published: February 2022
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- isbn: 9781009187862
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This collection of papers aims to increase our understanding of a) what meaning in life is: how it is to be understood, what its constituents are, and how it can be properly distinguished from other features that are commonly thought to be required for a good life, such as happiness, b) in what way, if any, mortality can be said to be detrimental to a life's meaningfulness and what follows from this for the desirability of radical life extension and other (limit-removing) alterations of the present human condition, and c) in what way, if any, death and mortality can be said to be requisites or at least constituents of a meaningful life.
Read more- Contains contributions from leading philosophers in the field on meaning, life and death
- Subjects covered include euthanasia, dying for a cause, the meaning of pain and the idea of the imperfect life
- The different approaches to death and meaning within this volume give a range of perspectives on some of the biggest questions we are faced with
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- Date Published: February 2022
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009187862
- length: 322 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 150 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.46kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Death and Meaning Michael Hauskeller
1. Meaning and Anti-Meaning in Life and What Happens After We Die Sven Nyholm
2. Importance, Fame, and Transcending Limits Guy Kahane
3. Dying for a Cause Antti Kauppinen
4. Promises to the Dead James Stacey Taylor
5. Comparting the Meaningfulness of Finite and Infinite Lives: Can We Reap What We Sow if We Are Immortal? Thaddeus Metz
6. God, the Meaning of Life, and Meaning in Lives Daniel Hill
7. When Death Comes Too Late. Radical Life Extension and the Makropulos Case Michael Hauskeller
8. Desirability without Desire. Life Extension, Boredom and Spiritual Experience Drew Chastain
9. Meaning, Value, and the Imperfect Life Havi Carel
10. The Meaning of Pain and the Pain of Meaning Teodora Manea
11. Grieving Our Way Back to Meaningfulness Michael Cholbi
12. Can We Measure the Badness of Death for the Person Who Dies? Thomas Schramme
13. Meaning in Lives Nearing Their End F.M. Kamm
14. Why Do People Want to Die? The Meaning of Life from the Perspective of Euthanasia Fredrik Svenaeus.
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