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The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death

CMBRDG CMPNNS TO PHILOSOPHY: LIFE AND DEATH

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<P>This volume meets the increasing interest in a range of philosophical issues connected with the nature and significance of life and death, and the ethics of killing. What is it to be alive and to die? What is it to be a person? What must time be like if we are to persist? What makes one life better than another? May death or posthumous events harm the dead? The chapters in this volume address these questions, and also discuss topical issues such as abortion, euthanasia, and suicide. They explore the interrelation between the metaphysics, significance, and ethics of life and death, and they discuss the moral significance of killing both people and animals, and the extent to which death harms them. The volume is for all those studying the philosophy of life and death, for readers taking applied ethics courses, and for those studying ethics and metaphysics more generally.</P>

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Front Cover.
The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
The Metaphysics of Life and Death.
1: The Nature of Life.
2: The Nature of People.
3: Persistence and Time.
4: The Malleability of Identity.
5: The Nature of Human Death.
The Significance of Life and Death.
6: Assessing Lives.
7: On the Length of a Good Life.
8: Mortal Harm.
9: When Do We Incur Mortal Harm?.
10: The Symmetry Problem.
11: Posthumous Harm.
12: Life&#x0027;s Meaning.
The Ethics of Life and Death.
13: Enhancing Humanity.
14: Procreating.
15: Abortion.
16: Killing Ourselves.
17: Killing in Self-Defense.
18: Imperfect Aiding.
19: Killing and Extinction.
References.
Index.
Other Backmatter.

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