Living with the Dead : On Death, the Dead, and Immortality (Paperback)

Part 1: The Dead Among Us  1. Introduction  2. An Encounter with the Corpse  3. Promises and Respecting the Ends of the Dead: An Arm-twisting Argument and a Kantian Framework for Respect  4. Disturbing Bodies: Art, Science, and Exhumation  5. Human Resources: The Cases of Cannibalism and Organ Harvesting  6. Memento Mortuis: The Obligation to Remember the Dead  7. Dialogues with the Dead: Memorials, Monuments, and the Duties of History  Part 2: The Immortal Dead  8. The Argument for Modest Immortality  9. Is the Immortal Life Worth Living?  10. Ars moriendi: Learning to Live with Death and the Dead