{"product_id":"life-and-death-isbn-9780631221517","title":"Life and Death","description":"\u003ci\u003eMidwest Studies in Philosophy, Volume XXIV, Life and Death: Metaphysics and Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to the literature on the intersection of issues of metaphysics and issues of ethics. In the Midwest Studies tradition, twenty of the more important philosophers writing in this area have contributed original papers that extend the boundaries of philosophical discussion of issues that are of both theoretical and practical concern to a wide-ranging audience. Topics considered include the concept of human life, the relationship between the concept of personal identity and the understanding of death, normative appraisals of death, capital punishment, euthanasia, the postponement of death and the impact of a theory of death and afterlife on one's ethical perspective.  Metaphysics as Prolegomenon to Ethics (Joel Kupperman). \u003cp\u003eThe Meaning of Life (John Kekes).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Defense of a Common Ideal for a Human Life (E. M. Adams).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan the Dead Really Be Buried? (Palle Yourgrau).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLater Death\/Earlier Birth (Christopher Belshaw).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath and the Psychological Conception of Personal Identity (John Martin Fischer and Daniel Speak).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThick and Thin Selves: Reply to Fischer and Speak (Frederik Kaufman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Termination Thesis (Fred Feldman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Evil of Death Revisited (Harry S. Silverstein).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath and Asymmetries in Normative Appraisals (Ishtiyaque Haji).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppraising Death in Human Life: Two Modes of Valuation (Stephen E. Rosenbaum).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For Now Have I My Death’: The \"Duty to Die\" versus the Duty to Help the Ill Stay Alive (Felicia Ackerman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking Life and the Argument from Potentiality (Roy W. Perrett).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrivatizing Death: Metaphysical Discouragement of Ethical Thinking (John Woods).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJustifications for Killing Noncombatants in War (F. M. Kamm).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital Punishment and the Sanctity of Life (Philip E. Devine).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAesthetics: The Need for a Theory (Mary Mothersill).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePeter A. French\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Cole Chair in Ethics at the University of South Florida. He has taught at the University of Minnesota, Morris, served as Distinguished Research Professor in the Center for the Study of Human Values at the Univeristy of Delaware, and most recently served as Lennox Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Scope of Morality\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), \u003ci\u003eCollective and Corporate Responsibility\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), and \u003ci\u003eResponsibility Matters\u003c\/i\u003e (1992). He has published numerous articles in several prestigious philosophy journals.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward K. Wettstein\u003c\/b\u003e is chair and professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. He has taught at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Minnesota, Morris, and served as visiting associate professor of philosophy at the University of Iowa and Stanford University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHas Semantics Rested on a Mistake? and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMidwest Studies in Philosophy, Volume XXIV, Life and Death: Metaphysics and Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to the literature on the intersection of issues of metaphysics and issues of ethics. In the Midwest Studies tradition, twenty of the more important philosophers writing in this area have contributed original papers that extend the boundaries of philosophical discussion of issues that are of both theoretical and practical concern to a wide-ranging audience. Topics considered include the concept of human life, the relationship between the concept of personal identity and the understanding of death, normative appraisals of death, capital punishment, euthanasia, the postponement of death and the impact of a theory of death and afterlife on one's ethical perspective.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989527445733,"sku":"NP9780631221517","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631221517.jpg?v=1761784467","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/life-and-death-isbn-9780631221517","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}