{"product_id":"death-and-meaning-volume-90-paperback-9781009187862","title":"Death and Meaning: Volume 90 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009187862","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeath and Meaning: Volume 90\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection of papers aims to increase our understanding of meaning in life in relation to death.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Hauskeller (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009187862, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 February 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e322 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis collection of papers aims to increase our understanding of a) what meaning in life is: how it is to be understood, what its constituents are, and how it can be properly distinguished from other features that are commonly thought to be required for a good life, such as happiness, b) in what way, if any, mortality can be said to be detrimental to a life's meaningfulness and what follows from this for the desirability of radical life extension and other (limit-removing) alterations of the present human condition, and c) in what way, if any, death and mortality can be said to be requisites or at least constituents of a meaningful life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Death and Meaning Michael Hauskeller\u003cbr\u003e 1. Meaning and Anti-Meaning in Life and What Happens After We Die Sven Nyholm\u003cbr\u003e 2. Importance, Fame, and Transcending Limits Guy Kahane\u003cbr\u003e 3. Dying for a Cause Antti Kauppinen\u003cbr\u003e 4. Promises to the Dead James Stacey Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 5. Comparting the Meaningfulness of Finite and Infinite Lives: Can We Reap What We Sow if We Are Immortal? Thaddeus Metz\u003cbr\u003e 6. God, the Meaning of Life, and Meaning in Lives Daniel Hill\u003cbr\u003e 7. When Death Comes Too Late. Radical Life Extension and the Makropulos Case Michael Hauskeller\u003cbr\u003e 8. Desirability without Desire. Life Extension, Boredom and Spiritual Experience Drew Chastain\u003cbr\u003e 9. Meaning, Value, and the Imperfect Life Havi Carel\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Meaning of Pain and the Pain of Meaning Teodora Manea\u003cbr\u003e 11. Grieving Our Way Back to Meaningfulness Michael Cholbi\u003cbr\u003e 12. Can We Measure the Badness of Death for the Person Who Dies? Thomas Schramme\u003cbr\u003e 13. Meaning in Lives Nearing Their End F.M. Kamm\u003cbr\u003e 14. Why Do People Want to Die? The Meaning of Life from the Perspective of Euthanasia Fredrik Svenaeus.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Popular philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Popular philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Popular%20philosophy%20%5BHPX%5D%22\"\u003eHPX\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20metaphysics%20\u0026amp;%20ontology%20%5BHPJ%5D%22\"\u003eHPJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46297228116248,"sku":"9781009187862","price":23.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/death-and-meaning-volume-90-paperback-9781009187862","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}