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Death As Metaphor, Lawrence Kimmel

Lawrence Kimmel

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Avoiding The Asymmetry Problem, Travis Timmerman

Travis Timmerman

A Dilemma For Epicureanism, Travis Timmerman

Travis Timmerman

Frowe's Machine Cases, William Simkulet

William Simkulet

Helen Frowe (2006/2010) contends that there is a substantial moral difference between killing and letting die, arguing that in Michael Tooley's infamous machine case it is morally wrong to flip a coin to determine who lives or dies. Here I argue that Frowe fails to show that killing and letting die are morally inequivalent. However, I believe that she has succeeded in showing that it is wrong to press the button in Tooley's case, where pressing the button will change who lives and dies. I argue that because killing and letting die are morally equivalent we have no reason to …

Befriending Death: Over 100 Essayists On Living And Dying, Michael C. Vocino, Alfred G. Killilea

michael c vocino

This book provides brief essays from people of a vast array of backgrounds, all taking death seriously and openly reflecting on how and where they find meaning in life. Many of these voices are from the smallest state, Rhode Island, which we feel serves as a microcosm of the diversity and insight of the larger country. This chance for a rare sharing of views on a truly profound subject has attracted commentators who are deeply religious and those who are not religious, noted authors and people who have never published a word, people celebrated by the world and people ignored …

The Incoherence Of Denying My Death, Lajos L. Brons

Lajos Brons

The most common way of dealing with the fear of death is denying death. Such denial can take two and only two forms: strategy 1 denies the finality of death; strategy 2 denies the reality of the dying subject. Most religions opt for strategy 1, but Buddhism seems to be an example of the 2nd. All variants of strategy 1 fail, however, and a closer look at the main Buddhist argument reveals that Buddhism in fact does not follow strategy 2. Moreover, there is no other theory that does, and neither can there be. This means that there is no …

Philosophy And Death: Introductory Readings, Samantha Brennan, Robert Stainton

Samantha Brennan

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Being, Aevum, And Nothingness: Edith Stein On Death And Dying, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

This article seeks to present for the first time a more systematic account of Edith Stein’s views on death and dying. First, I will argue that death does not necessarily lead us to an understanding of our earthly existence as aevum, that is, an experience of time between eternity and finite temporality. We always bear the mark of our finitude, including our finite temporality, even when we exist within the eternal mind of God. To claim otherwise, is to make identical our eternity with God’s eternity, thereby undermining the traditional Scholastic argument, which Stein holds, that there is no real …

Gonzales V. Oregon And Physician-Assisted Suicide: Ethical And Policy Issues, Ken M. Levy

Ken Levy

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Opinion Shaper: Dead Guinea Pigs Have Their Own Mausoleum, Raleigh Muns

Raleigh Muns

Is Death’S Badness Gendered? Symposium On Christine Overall’S Book Aging, Death And Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

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Feminist Philosophers Turn Their Thoughts To Death, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

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The Badness Of Death, The Wrongness Of Killing, And The Moral Importance Of Autonomy, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

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Retribution, The Death Penalty, And The Limits Of Human Judgment, Tony Roark

Tony Roark

So serious a matter is capital punishment that we must consider very carefully any claim regarding its justification. Brian Calvert has offered a new version of the "argument from arbitrariness," according to which a retributivist cannot consistently hold that some, but not all, first-degree murderers may justifiably receive the death penalty, when it is conceived to be a unique form of punishment. At the heart of this argument is the line-drawing problem, and I am inclined to this that it is a genuine challenge for the retributivist. I respond on behalf of the retributivist by formulating a line-drawing method that …