Value and Meaning of Life

Which lives, if any, are valuable, and to what extent? What sort, or sorts, of value do they have? Is life meaningful? What sorts of lives? And what sorts of meaning can they have? This book addresses these questions and more.

About the author

Christopher Belshaw teaches philosophy at the University of York. He has earlier taught at the Open University, UC Santa Barbara, and Lancaster University. His previous books include Environmental Philosophy, 10 Good Questions about Life and Death, and Annihilation. He has some ideas for a further book.

Summary

Which lives, if any, are valuable, and to what extent? What sort, or sorts, of value do they have? Is life meaningful? What sorts of lives? And what sorts of meaning can they have? This book addresses these questions and more.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Belshaw, Belshaw Christopher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 29.10.2020
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works
• EAN: 9781138908772
• ISBN: 978-1-138-90877-2
• Pages: 258
• Subjects: PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, RELIGION / Philosophy, WO, Ethics & moral philosophy, Immortality, follow, good life, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Living things, imminent extinction, non-identity problem, Immortal Life, Future People, Good Knife, Weak Asymmetry, Death’s Badness, Deprivation Account, Irreversible Coma, Equal Worth, Posthumous Harm, Pains Matter, Conditional Desires, Jane’s Choice, mortal status, Narrow Principle, Sanctity Believers, Good Simpliciter, Bad Lives, Categorical Desires, Painless Death, Number Choices, Nagel’s Account