Death (Open Yale Courses) (Paperback) By (author) Shelly Kagan

Full bibliographic data for Death

Title

Death

Authors and contributors

By (author) Shelly Kagan

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
Width: 156 mm
Height: 234 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight: 572 g

Audience

General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780300180848
ISBN 10: 0300180845

Classifications

BISAC category code: SOC036000
BISAC category code: PHI015000
BISAC category code: PHI010000
Dewey: 128.5
Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T8.6
BISAC category code: PHI013000

Edition statement

Original

Illustrations note

35 black-&-white illustrations

Publisher

Yale University Press

Imprint name

Yale University Press

Publication date

15 May 2012

Publication City/Country

New Haven/US

Main description

There is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of mortality. Do we have reason to believe in the existence of immortal souls? Or should we accept an account according to which people are just material objects, nothing more? Can we make sense of the idea of surviving the death of one’s body? If I won’t exist after I die, can death truly be bad for me? Would immortality be desirable? Is fear of death appropriate? Is suicide ever justified? How should I live in the face of death?Written in an informal and conversational style, this stimulating and provocative book challenges many widely held views about death, as it invites the reader to take a fresh look at one of the central features of the human condition—the fact that we will die.

Biographical note

Shelly Kagan is Clark Professor of Philosophy, Yale University. He is the author of Normative Ethics and The Limits of Morality.