Ben Bradley: Well-Being and Death

Cover: 9780199596256 | Well-Being and Death | Ben Bradley | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2011

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Beschreibung

Well-Being and Death addresses philosophical questions about death and the good life: what makes a life go well? Is death bad for the one who dies? How is this possible if we go out of existence when we die? Is it worse to die as an infant or as a young adult? Is it bad for animals and fetuses to die? Can the dead be harmed? Is there any way to make death less bad for us? Ben Bradley defends the following views: pleasure, rather than achievement or the satisfaction of desire, is what makes life go well; death is generally bad for its victim, in virtue of depriving the victim of more of a good life; death is bad for its victim at times after death, in particular at all those times at which the victim would have been living well; death is worse the earlier it occurs, and hence it is worse to die as an infant than as an adult; death is usually bad for animals and fetuses, in just the same way it is bad for adult humans; things that happen after someone has died cannot harm that person; the only sensible way to make death less bad is to live so long that no more good life is possible.

Über den Autor

Ben Bradley is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University. He has published articles in journals such as Nous, Mind, Ethics, and Philosophical Studies, on such topics as the evil of death, the nature of desire, and theories of well-being.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1: Well-Being

2: The Evil of Death

3: Existence and Time

4: Does Psychology Matter?

5: Can Death be Defeated?

Conclusion

Bibliography

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2011
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780199596256
ISBN-10:	0199596255
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Bradley, Ben
Hersteller:	OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 133 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Ben Bradley
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.03.2011
Gewicht:	0,255 kg