Meaning of Death - A Philosophical Investigation

The Meaning of Death: A Philosophical Investigation analyzes death and dying, the biotechnical quest for immortality, the afterlife, and the rational of self-chosen death. Life is valuable not only because of its uniqueness and unrepeatability, but also because of its finitude. Death bestows value on life.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Meaning Versus Definition
The Struggle Against Death
The Yearning for Immortality
Freitod - The Morality of Self-Determined Death
The Moral Implications of Finite Existence
The Value and Meaning of Death
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Kai Horsthemke

Product details

• Authors: Kai Horsthemke, Horsthemke Kai
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9781666925401
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-540-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge