Confronting Death
"Well organized, well argued, and well written... " —Choice\ "It is a lively document, with vigorous arguments leading to opinions that are controversial but strongly held." —Joseph M. Foley, Medical Humanities Review\ "... Momeyer’s book has much to recommend it... The book would surely be a suitable focus for an undergraduate course in dealing with the philosophical issues involving death and our attitudes towards it." —David J. Mayo, Teaching Philosophy\ "This book is valuable and...
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"Well organized, well argued, and well written... " — Choice"It is a lively document, with vigorous arguments leading to opinions that are controversial but strongly held." — Joseph M. Foley, Medical Humanities Review"... Momeyer's book has much to recommend it... The book would surely be a suitable focus for an undergraduate course in dealing with the philosophical issues involving death and our attitudes towards it." — David J. Mayo, Teaching Philosophy"This book is valuable and important in bringing conceptual clarification to questions about dealing with death that are so often neglected or mishandled by social scientists and the counseling industry." — EthicsAn examination of the moral and philosophical issues at work in an individual's confrontation of death, not as a matter of psychological necessity or social conditioning, but as a function of reflection and the search for self-knowledge.
Acknowledgments Preface Introduction and Overview\ Part I: Death, Good, and Evil\ Chapter I: Death Mystiques: Denial, Acceptance, Rebellion Chapter II: Is Death an Evil?\ Chapter III: If Immortality Were Possible, Would It Be Good?\ Chapter IV: Fearing Death and Caring for the Dying Chapter V: Is A Natural Death a Good Death?\ Chapter VI: Good Dying\ Part II: Choosing Death\ Introduction to Part II Chapter VII: Suicide: Choosing Self-Inflicted Death Chapter VIII: The Right to Choose Death Chapter IX: The Limits of Personal Autonomy: The Case of Donald/Dax Cowart Chapter X: Choosing Death for Noncompetent Persons\ Notes Name Index Subject Index
