{"product_id":"midwest-studies-in-philosophy-volume-xxiv-metaphysics-and-ethics-24-9780631221517","title":"Midwest Studies in Philosophy Volume XXIV","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work presents a siginificant contribution to the literature on the intersection of issues of metaphysics and issues of ethics. Original essays cover topics including: the relationship between the concept of personal identity and the understanding of death; and normative appraisals of death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMetaphysics 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","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403436826967,"sku":"9780631221517","price":41.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631221517.jpg?v=1730483472","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/midwest-studies-in-philosophy-volume-xxiv-metaphysics-and-ethics-24-9780631221517","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}