Death / Shelly Kagan.

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Kagan, Shelly [author.]

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TextSeries: Open Yale courses seriesAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (ix, 376 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780300183429
0300183429
9786613600851
6613600857

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Death.DDC classification:

128/.5 23

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BD444

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BD 444

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CC 6600
5,1

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Contents:

Thinking about death -- Dualism vs. physicalism -- Arguments for the existence of the soul -- Descartes' argument -- Plato on the immortality of the soul -- Personal identity -- Choosing between the theories -- The nature of death -- Two surprising claims about death -- The badness of death -- Immortality -- The value of life -- Other aspects of death -- Living in the face of death -- Suicide -- Conclusion: an invitation.

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Summary: There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of death.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of death.

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