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· 제목 : Philosophy and Death: Selected Readings. Edited by Samantha Brennan and Robert Stainton (Paperback)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 인문/사회 > 철학 > 철학사상 > 인본주의
· ISBN : 9781551119021
· 쪽수 : 398쪽
· 출판일 : 2009-09-02
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 인문/사회 > 철학 > 철학사상 > 인본주의
· ISBN : 9781551119021
· 쪽수 : 398쪽
· 출판일 : 2009-09-02
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Epistemology, Metaphysics and Death
A. Epistemological Issues
- Paul Edwards (1969). “Existentialism and Death: A Survey of Some Confusions and Absurdities”
B. Personal Identity and Survival
- Plato. Excerpts from Phaedo
- John Perry (1978). Excerpts from A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality
- Stephen T. Davis (1988). “Traditional Christian Belief in the Resurrection of the Body”
C. The Nature of Death
- Louis Pojman (1992). “What is Death? The Crisis of Criteria”
- Jeff McMahan (1995). “The Metaphysics of Brain Death”
- Fred Feldman (1992). “The Enigma of Death”
Part II: The Badness of Death
A. Ancient Reflections on the Badness of Death
- Epicurus. “Letter to Menoeceus” and “The Principal Doctrines”
- Titus Lucretius Carus. Excerpts from Book Three of On the Nature of Things
B. Some Recent Responses
- Thomas Nagel (1979). “Death”
- Harry S. Silverstein (1980). “The Evil of Death”
C. The Goodness of Immortality
- Bernard Williams (1973). “The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality”
- John Martin Fischer (1994). “Why Immortality is Not So Bad”
D. Gender and the Badness of Death
- Samantha Brennan (2006). “Feminist PhilosophersTurn Their Thoughts to Death”
Part III: The Ethics of Killing
A. Three Case Studies in the Ethics of Killing
Abortion
- Judith Jarvis Thomson (1971). “A Defense of Abortion”
- Don Marquis (1989). “Why Abortion is Immoral”
- Walter Sinnot-Armstrong (1999). “You Can’t Lose What YouAin’t Never Had: A Reply to Marquis on Abortion”
Euthanasia
- James Rachels (1975). “Active and Passive Euthanasia”
- Bonnie Steinbock (1979). “The Intentional Termination of Life”
Suicide
- Richard Brandt (1975). “The Morality and Rationality of Suicide”
- John Rawls, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Robert Nozick, Ronald Dworkin, T.M. Scanlon, and Thomas Nagel (1997). “Assisted Suicide:The Philosopher’s Brief”
B. The Wrongness Of Killing
- Jonathan Glover (1977). “The Sanctity of Life”
- Jeff McMahan (2002). “The Wrongness of Killing and the Badness of Death”
- Samantha Brennan (2001). “The Badness of Death, the Wrongness of Killing, and the Moral Importance of Autonomy”
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