Death and Mortality in Contemporary Philosophy

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ID23767110
AuthorsBernard N Schumacher (University of Fribourg, corresponding author)
TranslatorsMichael J Miller (0000-0001-8579-1080)
Year2010
Publication date2010-09-30
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueDeath and mortality in contemporary philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511780028
OpenAlexW438326557
Open LibraryOL34479422M
ISBN9780511780028
LanguageEN
Citations received14

This book contributes to current bioethical debates by providing a critical analysis of the philosophy of human death. Bernard N. Schumacher discusses contemporary philosophical perspectives on death, creating a dialogue between phenomenology, existentialism and analytic philosophy. He also examines the ancient philosophies that have shaped our current ideas about death. His analysis focuses on three fundamental problems: (1) the definition of human death, (2) the knowledge of mortality and of human death as such, and (3) the question of whether death is 'nothing' to us or, on the contrary, whether it can be regarded as an absolute or relative evil. Drawing on scholarship published in four languages and from three distinct currents of thought, this volume represents a comprehensive and systematic study of the philosophy of death, one that provides a provocative basis for discussions of the bioethics of human mortality.

Bioethics · Epistemology · Existentialism · Nothing · Phenomenology (philosophy) · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil · Death · modern

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