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Posthumous Harm: Why the Dead Are Still Vulnerable

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by Raymond Angelo Belliotti

    • Author

      Raymond Angelo Belliotti

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Lexington Books

    • Published

      August 2013

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      Posthumous Harm: Why the Dead Are Still Vulnerable

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      Reasonable people agree that, other things being equal, it is immoral to fail to fulfill deathbed promises, to maliciously defame the dead, and to mistreat corpses. But philosophical controversy swirls over why such acts are morally wrong. Are these acts wrong only because they violate moral norms against breaking promises, lying, and abusing others? Are these acts morally deficient because they wrong the dead? Are these acts morally wrong because they harm or injure the dead? Or are these acts blameworthy because they wrong, harm, or injure those who survive the deaths? Who are the genuine victims, if any, of these morally wrong acts? When first confronting such questions seriously, we discover paradoxes. On one hand, we are inclined to think that the dead person is in some sense wronged, harmed, or injured by posthumous treachery. After all, when a promise is broken, when someone is maliciously defamed, and when someone's request concerning the disposition of his remains is dismissed, we are inclined to think of the victims as the promisee, the defamed person, and the ignored person, respectively. On the other hand, in the case of the dead there are no "people" who might be identified as victims. Assuming that death marks finality, once we are dead we are no more. So perhaps the typical moral paradigms dissolve in such cases. Posthumous Harm: Why the Dead are Still Vulnerable addresses these issues and the host of questions surrounding them.

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      • Author

        Raymond Angelo Belliotti

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Lexington Books

      • Published

        August 2013

      • Weight

        309g

      • Dimensions

        153 x 227 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9780739185995

      • ISBN-10

        0739185993

      • Eden Code

        4837944

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      • Author/Creator: Raymond Angelo Belliotti

      • ISBN: 9780739185995

      • Publisher: Lexington Books

      • Release Date: August 2013

      • Weight: 309g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 4837944

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