Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Life and Death

Download or read book Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Life and Death written by Peter A. French and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2000-10-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Volume XXIV, Life and Death: Metaphysics and Ethics 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.