The Metaphysics of death

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors : Fischer John Martin (Directeur de publication, Préfacier)
Format : Book
Language : anglais
Title statement : The Metaphysics of death / edited, with an introduction, by John Martin Fischer
Published : Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 1993
Physical Description : 1 vol. (xiv-423 p.)
Series : Stanford series in philosophy
Subjects :
  • Introduction : death, metaphysics, and morality / John Martin Fischer
  • Death knocks / Woody Allen
  • Rationality and the fear of death / Jeffrie G. Murphy
  • Death / Thomas Nagel
  • The Makropulos case : reflections on the tedium of immortality / Bernard Williams
  • The evil of death / Harry S. Silverstein
  • How to be dead and not care : a defense of Epicurus / Stephen E. Rosenbaum
  • The dead / Palle Yourgrau
  • The misfortunes of the dead / George Pitcher
  • Harm to others / Joel Feinberg
  • Reasons and persons / Derek Parfit
  • Why is death bad? / Anthony L. Brueckner and John Martin Fischer
  • Death and the value of life / Jeff McMahan
  • Annihilation / Steven Luper-Foy
  • Epicurus and annihilation / Stephen E. Rosenbaum
  • Some puzzles about the evil of death / Fred Feldman
  • Well-being and time / J. David Velleman