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By James Stacey Taylor
The essays partially I of this quantity research a few of the Classical techniques to basic metaphysical questions surrounding demise, addressing specifically the query of even if a person's loss of life could be a damage to her. The subject matter of the worth of demise is sustained partially II, with essays addressing this factor via a extra modern lens. The essays partially III tackle the similar yet separate factor of even if people will be harmed via occasions that take place when they die. ultimately, the essays partially IV observe the metaphysical concerns addressed in components I via III to varied concerns in bioethics, together with the query of posthumous organ procurement, suicide, and survival after mind injury.
Written via one of the most well known philosophers engaged on those matters at the present time, the essays during this quantity exhibit the state-of-the-art of either the metaphysics of demise and its significance to many components of utilized ethics.
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