The Cambridge companion to life and death / edited by Steven Luper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luper, Steven, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life.

Death.

Physical Description:

xii, 352 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Life and death

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction / Steven Luper

The nature of life / Mark A Bedau

The nature of people / Eric T. Olson

Persistence and time / Katherine Hawley

The malleability of identity / Marya Schechtman

The nature of human death / David Degrazia

Assess lives / Noah Lemos

On the length of a good life / Eyjölfur K. Emilsson

Mortal harm / John Martin Fischer

When do we incur mortal harm? / Jens Johansson

The symmetry problem / James Warren

Posthumous harm / Simon Keller

Life's meaning / Steven Luper

Enhancing humanity / Nicholas Agar

Procreating / David Archard

Abortion / Michael Tooley

Killing ourselves / Thomas E. Hill, Jr.

Killing in self-defense / Kadri Vihvelin

Imperfect aiding / Matthew Hanser

Killing and extinction / Krister Bykvist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-347) and index.

ISBN:

9781107022874

1107022878

9781107606760

1107606764

OCLC:

862100366

Publisher Number:

40023551676