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The value and meaning of life / Christopher Belshaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Belshaw, Christopher, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Christopher Belshaw teaches philosophy at the University of York. He has earlier taught at the Open University, UC Santa Barbara, and Lancaster University. His previous books include Environmental Philosophy, 10 Good Questions about Life and Death, and Annihilation. He has some ideas for a further book.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Sanctity
- Life
- Sanctity
- Equal worth
- Religion
- Quality
- Summary
- Notes
- Chapter 2 Terms
- Goodness
- Chapter 3 Value
- Words
- Things
- Kinds
- Sanctity and intrinsic value
- Value and goodness
- Chapter 4 Lives
- Improving
- Saving
- Competing claims
- Chapter 5 The Asymmetry
- The Asymmetry
- Some distinctions
- Other views
- Other asymmetries
- Against the Asymmetry
- Chappell
- Explaining the Asymmetry
- Chapter 6 Choosing
- Choices and principles
- Choosing and starting
- Beneficence
- Chapter 7 Anti-natalism
- A weaker case
- Interim
- A stronger case
- Chapter 8 Meaning
- Preliminaries
- Wolf
- Local meaning
- Nagel
- Global meaning
- A middle way
- God
- Does meaning matter?
- Chapter 9 Immortality
- Approximations
- The immortality problem
- Solutions
- Chapter 10 Extinction
- Species
- Extinction
- Our extinction
- The goodness of extinction
- Appendix 1: Dworkin and reconciliation
- Appendix 2: The experience machine
- Appendix 3: How bad is death?
- Appendix 4: Values and reasons
- Appendix 5: XR/CV
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 23, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Belshaw, Christopher. The value and meaning of life
- ISBN:
- 9781003097020
- 1003097022
- 1000199738
- 9781000199932
- 1000199932
- 9781000199833
- 1000199835
- 9781000199734
- Publisher Number:
- 40030241353
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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