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Vincent Barry
ISBN: 9780495008248
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition: illustrated edition
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Most introductory texts on death and dying prefer the science of psychology or sociology to the wisdom of philosophy and religion, says Barry (emeritus philosophy, Bakersfield College), which is fine except that some enduring and perhaps urgent questions are never asked. He arranges his account around three fundamental issues: the nature of death,
No one likes to think about death, but what if someone asked you what you believed about it? PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING ABOUT DEATH AND DYING walks you through the major metaphysical and ethical issues surrounding death and dying, showing you what others have thought so you can form your own opinion. Plus, it covers what science is telling us about the process of dying. This philosophy textbook is easy to use and full of study tools, so you'll be ready to get a great grade in class as well.
| ISBN | 0495008249 | | Pages | 240 | | ISBN13 | 9780495008248
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Cengage Learning, Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 383 | | Imprint | Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc | | Published in | Belmont, CA | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 29 Apr 2006 | | Width (mm) | 163 | | Library of Congress | HQ | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY | 128.5 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Introduction : philosophical thinking and death | | 1 | | Pt. I | | The nature of death : introduction : the 9/11 memorial and death denial | | 11 | | 1 | | Definition and criteria of death | | 15 | | 2 | | Death in the west | | 32 | | 3 | | The consciousness of death | | 51 | | 4 | | The evil of death | | 70 | | Pt. II | | Survival of death : introduction : a death in the family | | 83 | | 5 | | The self and its relation to death | | 85 | | 6 | | Survival hypotheses | | 104 | | 7 | | Bases for afterlife belief | | 122 | | Pt. III | | Voluntary death : introduction : Quinlan, Perlmutter, Cruzan | | 141 | | 8 | | Conceptual issues in suicide and euthanasia | | 145 | | 9 | | History and contemporary opinion | | 161 | | 10 | | Individual morality | | 179 | | 11 | | Social policy and law | | 197 | | 12 | | Futile treatment and the duty to die | | 214 | | | | Conclusion : life, death, and meaning | | 232 |
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