Annihilation the Sense and Significance of Death
Annihilation explores the sense and significance of death in general, and human death in particular. The first part of the book examines metaphysical questions about the nature of death and what it is that we are seeking to understand, for example, is the death of the brain a necessary and sufficien...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Acumen Publishing
2008.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34698152*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Death; 2. Definitions; 3. Human beings; 4. Is it bad to die?; 5. Circumstances and degrees; 6. Posthumous harms; 7. An asymmetry; 8. Numbers; 9. Cheating death; Appendix: Brain death
- history and debate; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
