Philosophy and Death: Introductory Readings
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Philosophical reflection on death dates back to ancient times, but death remains a most profound and puzzling topic. Samantha Brennan and Robert Stainton have assembled a compelling selection of core readings from the philosophical literature on death. The views of ancient writers such as Plato, Epicurus, and Lucretius are set alongside the work of contemporary figures such as Thomas Nagel, John Perry, and Judith Jarvis Thomson.\\
Pt. I Epistemology, Metaphysics and Death 1A Epistemological Issues 31 Paul Edwards (1969). "Existentialism and Death: A Survey of Some Confusions and Absurdities" 3B Personal Identity and Survival 392 Plato. Excerpts from Phaedo 393 John Perry (1978). Excerpts from A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality 654 Stephen T. Davis (1988). "Traditional Christian Belief in the Resurrection of the Body" 77C The Nature of Death 995 Louis Pojman (1992). "What is Death? The Crisis of Criteria" 996 Jeff McMahan (1995). "The Metaphysics of Brain Death" 1097 Fred Feldman (1992). "The Enigma of Death" 143Pt. II The Badness of Death 161A Ancient Reflections on the Badness of Death 1638 Epicurus. "Letter to Menoeceus" and "The Principal Doctrines" 1639 Titus Lucretius Carus. Excerpts from Book Three of On the Nature of Things 172B Some Recent Responses 17710 Thomas Nagel (1979). "Death" 17711 Harry S. Silverstein (1980). "The Evil of Death" 185C The Goodness of Immortality 20712 Bernard Williams (1973). "The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality" 20713 John Martin Fischer (1994). "Why Immortality is Not So Bad" 224D Gender and the Badness of Death 23914 Samantha Brennan (2006). "Feminist Philosophers Turn Their Thoughts to Death" 239Pt. III The Ethics of Killing 247A Three Case Studies in the Ethics of Killing 249Abortion 24915 Judith Jarvis Thomson (1971). "A Defense of Abortion" 24916 Don Marquis (1989). "Why Abortion is Immoral" 26617 Walter Sinnet-Armstrong (1999). "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had: A Reply to Marquis on Abortion" 285Euthanasia 29718 James Rachels(1975). "Active and Passive Euthanasia" 29719 Bonnie Steinbock (1979). "The Intentional Termination of Life" 303Suicide 31220 Richard Brandt (1975). "The Morality and Rationality of Suicide" 31221 John Rawls, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Robert Nozick, Ronald Dworkin, T. M. Scanlon, and Thomas Nagel (1997). "Assisted Suicide: The Philosopher's Brief" 331B The Wrongness Of Killing 34522 Jonathan Glover (1977). "The Sanctity of Life" 34523 Jeff McMahan (2002). "The Wrongness of Killing and the Badness of Death" 36224 Samantha Brennan (2001). "The Badness of Death, the Wrongness of Killing, and the Moral Importance of Autonomy" 380Sources 395\\
