10 Good Questions About Life And Death [Hardcover]

• Addresses the fundamental questions that many of us ask about life and death.
• Written in an engaging and straightforward style, ideal for those with no formal background in philosophy.
• Focuses on commonly pondered issues, such as: Is life sacred? Is it bad to die? Is there life after death? Does life have meaning? And which life is best?
• Encourages readers to think about and respond to the human condition.
• Features case studies, thought-experiments, and references to literature, film, music, religion and myth.

Preface vi

1 Where Can I Find Answers? 1

2 Is Life Sacred? 15

3 Is It Bad to Die? 30

4 Which Deaths Are Worse? 44

5 Might I Live On? 59

6 Should I Take the Elixir of Life? 77

7 Who’s Who? 92

8 Is It All Meaningless? 109

9 Should There Be More, and Better, People? 129

10 Does Reality Matter? 145

Notes and Further Reading 161

Select Bibliography 169

Name Index 173

Subject Index 175

“This fine book explores these most inescapable of questions with a concern for what can honestly and reasonably be believed. It is free of any untoward ambition to announce surprising discoveries, but neither is it anxious to reinforce easy pieties.” Gary Kemp, University of Glasgow<!--end-->

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