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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Confrontations with the Reaper
- Introduction: Confronting the Reaper
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1 The Search for Death Itself -
2 Life-Functional Theories of Life -
3 Vitalist Theories of Life -
4 The Enigma of Death -
5 On Dying as a Process -
6 The Survival of Death -
7 A Materialist Conception of Death -
II the Value of Death -
8 Epicurus and the Evil of Death -
9 More Puzzles About the Evil of Death -
10 Utilitarianism, Victimism, and the Morality of Killing -
11 Why Killing Is Wrong -
12 Abortion and the Failure to Conceive -
13 The Morality and Rationality of Suicide -
14 Epilogue - Bibliography
- Index
(p.239) Bibliography
(p.239) Bibliography
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- Confrontations with the Reaper
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Confrontations with the Reaper
- Introduction: Confronting the Reaper
-
1 The Search for Death Itself -
2 Life-Functional Theories of Life -
3 Vitalist Theories of Life -
4 The Enigma of Death -
5 On Dying as a Process -
6 The Survival of Death -
7 A Materialist Conception of Death -
II the Value of Death -
8 Epicurus and the Evil of Death -
9 More Puzzles About the Evil of Death -
10 Utilitarianism, Victimism, and the Morality of Killing -
11 Why Killing Is Wrong -
12 Abortion and the Failure to Conceive -
13 The Morality and Rationality of Suicide -
14 Epilogue - Bibliography
- Index
