Real (and) Imaginal Relationships with the Dead

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ID13599489
AuthorsKathryn J Norlock (0000-0002-8262-7047, Trent University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume51
Issue2
Pages341-356
Publication date2016-11-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Value Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-5363 • E-ISSN: 1573-0492
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10790-016-9573-6
OpenAlexW2556681197
LanguageEN
Citations received17
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Although philosophers have written much about death, appreciating the nature and the value of the relationship of the living to our dead is an aspect of human life that we seem to have neglected. 1 Like many feminist ethicists, I have argued explicitly for the value of relationships simpliciter, especially from the perspective of the ethics of care; I am influenced by philosophers including Virginia Held, who says that ''to the ethics of care, our embeddedness in familial, social, and historical contexts is basic,'' 2 and Diana Meyers, who describes the relational self as ''the interpersonally bonded self,'' for whom ''relationships are sources of moral identity.'' 3 And some metaphysicians have analyzed the ontology of dead persons as relata, including Niall Connelly and Palle Yourgrau, whose accounts I rely on in this

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