Can someone be harmed after his death? There is at least one reason to believe he can.
Acts such as breaking a promise, destroying someone's reputation, and undermining …

In" Harming Someone after His Death," Barbara Baum Levenbook argues that, on the one
hand, one can account for the harm of murder to the victim and the harm of destroying the …

Barbara Baum Levenbook and George Pitcher have recently argued that the dead can be
harmed.'Even more recently, Joel Feinberg has revised his earlier defense of the thesis. 2 …

Philosophers have often cited defamation of character, promise breaking, deceit, etc., as
examples of events or actions that harm us, even though we do not know about them. This …

The harm thesis says that death may harm the individual who dies. The posthumous harm
thesis says that posthumous events may harm those who die. Epicurus rejects both theses …

A dead man is popularly believed to be capable of experiencing both good and ill fortune-
honor and dishonor, and prosperity and the loss of it among his children and descendants …

This article discusses the differences between persons and lives in relation to the theory of
harm. According to a theory of harm espoused by Thomas Nagel and Joel Feinberg, a …

It is possible for an act to wrongfully harm a person, even if the act takes place after the
person is dead. David Boonin defends this view in Dead Wrong and explains the puzzle of …

T Ihe standard account of posthumous harm goes as follows. Acts such as those that be tray,
destroy one's reputation, or undermine one's achievements can harm a person while she is …

JLn 1415 the remains of John Wyclif, who died in 1384, were exhumed and burned by the
Catholic Church to punish him for his criticisms of the doctrine of transubstantia tion. But the …