Felicia Ackerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6745747 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felicia Ackerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felicia |
| FAMILY NAME | Ackerman |
| SIGNATURE | ACKERMAN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | John Brown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Death is a Punch in the Jaw
This article deals both with greatly extended finite life and with immortality and uses the term ‘greatly extended life’ to cover both. Except where indicated, it proceeds from some assumptions adapted from Christine Overall. First, people would know the life expectancy in their society or would know (or at least have good reason to believe) that they were immortal. Second, everyone would have the opportunity to choose greatly extended life. Thir…
More Merriment
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The More the Merrier
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More about More Life
Glorification of Suffering
The Concept of Manipulativeness
Roots and Consequences of Vagueness
The Significance of a Wish
The case of Helga Wanglie should be seen in the general context of\nconflicts that can arise over whether a patient should be maintained on\nlife-support systems. Well-publicized conflicts of this sort usually involve\nan institution seeking to prolong the life of a patient diagnosed as\nterminally ill and/or permanently comatose, versus a family that claims, with\nvarying degrees of substantiation, that the patient would not have wanted to\nbe k…
Analysis, Language, and Concepts
An Argument for a Modified Russellian Principle of Acquaintance
Of course, this is not really an argument. It begs the question and also raises a question of whether anything along the lines of Russell's Principle of Acquaintance can be argued for effectively at all. In this paper, I make a case for an affirmative answer by offering an argument for a modified version of the principle. Some strengths and weaknesses of this argument will also be discussed. What is an object of acquaintance? Russell characterize…
The More the Merrier
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Roots and Consequences of Vagueness
An Argument for a Modified Russellian Principle of Acquaintance
Of course, this is not really an argument. It begs the question and also raises a question of whether anything along the lines of Russell's Principle of Acquaintance can be argued for effectively at all. In this paper, I make a case for an affirmative answer by offering an argument for a modified version of the principle. Some strengths and weaknesses of this argument will also be discussed. What is an object of acquaintance? Russell characterize…
Analysis, Language, and Concepts
The Significance of a Wish
The case of Helga Wanglie should be seen in the general context of\nconflicts that can arise over whether a patient should be maintained on\nlife-support systems. Well-publicized conflicts of this sort usually involve\nan institution seeking to prolong the life of a patient diagnosed as\nterminally ill and/or permanently comatose, versus a family that claims, with\nvarying degrees of substantiation, that the patient would not have wanted to\nbe k…
Roots and Consequences of Vagueness
The Concept of Manipulativeness
Glorification of Suffering
More about More Life
The More the Merrier
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Death is a Punch in the Jaw
This article deals both with greatly extended finite life and with immortality and uses the term ‘greatly extended life’ to cover both. Except where indicated, it proceeds from some assumptions adapted from Christine Overall. First, people would know the life expectancy in their society or would know (or at least have good reason to believe) that they were immortal. Second, everyone would have the opportunity to choose greatly extended life. Thir…
More Merriment
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Psychology (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Content (measure theory) (2 works) · Ethics in medical practice (2 works) · Internet privacy (2 works)