What is death? Do people survive death? What do we mean when we say that someone is"
dying"? Presenting a clear and engaging discussion of the classic philosophical questions …

This collection of seventeen essays deals with the metaphysical, as opposed to the moral
issues pertaining to death. For example, the authors investigate (among other things) the …

This book contributes to current bioethical debates by providing a critical analysis of the
philosophy of human death. Bernard N. Schumacher discusses contemporary philosophical …

In this provocative book, a professor of philosophy examines the arguments for and against
euthanasia, analyzes specific case studies, including those of Baby Jane Doe and Barney …

In this collection of essays on the metaphysical issues pertaining to death, the meaning of
life, and freedom of the will, John Martin Fischer argues (against the Epicureans) that death …

Among the services that philosophers have traditionally attempted to provide is the
manufacture of arguments intended to show that death is not or cannot be bad for those to …

This anthology of major classical and contemporary views on key ethical aspects of death
and dying is the only philosophically sophisticated, interdisciplinary, and up-to-date …

402 THE JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY death can rationally be welcomed; and one can
always find a few persons who are willing to claim that life is inherently more of a burden …

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 …