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Death and Mortality in Contemporary Philosophy

by Bernard N. Schumacher

  • Paperback
  • 270 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.4 x 1.8 cm

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For students and scholars of philosophy and bioethics

Addresses complex questions about the nature of death

You will deepen your understanding of mortality's ethics

This book offers a critical exploration of death in philosophy.

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This book contributes to current bioethical debates by providing a critical analysis of the philosophy of human death. Bernard N. Schumacher discusses contemporary philosophical perspectives on death, creating a dialogue between phenomenology, existentialism and analytic philosophy. He also examines the ancient philosophies that have shaped our current ideas about death. His analysis focuses on three fundamental problems: (1) the definition of human death, (2) the knowledge of mortality and of human death as such, and (3) the question of whether death is 'nothing' to us or, on the contrary, whether it can be regarded as an absolute or relative evil. Drawing on scholarship published in four languages and from three distinct currents of thought, this volume represents a comprehensive and systematic study of the philosophy of death, one that provides a provocative basis for discussions of the bioethics of human mortality.
Death and Mortality in Contemporary Philosophy and Sacred And The Profane
Sacred And The ProfaneDeath and Mortality in Contemporary Philosophy

  • Author

    Bernard N. Schumacher

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    September 2010

  • Weight

    364g

  • Page Count

    270

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521171199

  • ISBN-10

    0521171199

  • Eden Code

    4574798

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