Cambridge Companion to Life and Death

Informationen zum Autor Steven Luper is Chair of the Philosophy Department at Trinity University, Texas. He is author of several books, including A Guide to Ethics (2001) and The Philosophy of Death (Cambridge, 2009), and editor of, most recently, The Skeptics: Contemporary Essays (2003) and Essential Knowledge (2004). Klappentext This volume discusses the philosophical issues connected with the nature and significance of life and death, and the ethics of killing. Zusammenfassung This volume discusses the philosophical issues connected with the nature and significance of life and death! and the ethics of killing. It will be of interest to all those taking courses on the philosophy of life and death! applied ethics covering abortion! euthanasia! and suicide! and ethics and metaphysics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Steven Luper; Part I. The Metaphysics of Life and Death: 1. The nature of life Mark A. Bedau; 2. The nature of people Eric T. Olson; 3. Persistence and time Katherine Hawley; 4. The malleability of identity Marya Schechtman; 5. The nature of human death David DeGrazia; Part II. The Significance of Life and Death: 6. Assessing lives Noah Lemos; 7. On the length of a good life Eyjólfur K. Emilsson; 8. Mortal harm John Martin Fischer; 9. When do we incur mortal harm? Jens Johansson; 10. The symmetry problem James Warren; 11. Posthumous harm Simon Keller; 12. Life's meaning Steven Luper; Part III. The Ethics of Life and Death: 13. Enhancing humanity Nicholas Agar; 14. Procreating David Archard; 15. Abortion Michael Tooley; 16. Killing ourselves Thomas Hill, Jr; 17. Killing in self-defense Kadri Vihvelin; 18. Imperfect aiding Matthew Hanser; 19. Killing and extinction Krister Bykvist.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Luper, Steven (Trinity University Luper
• Assisted by: Steven Luper (Editor), Luper Steven (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2014
• EAN: 9781107022874
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02287-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Philos; Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethical issues & debates, Medical ethics & professional conduct