Living with the dead : on death, the dead, and immortality /: on death, the dead, and immortality. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J. Jeremy Wisnewski.
• Authors: Wisnewski, Jeremy
• Contents: Part 1: The Dead Among Us 1. Introduction 2. An Encounter with the Corpse 3. Promises and Respecting the Ends of the Dead: An Arm-twisting Argument and a Kantian Framework for Respect 4. Disturbing Bodies: Art, Science, and Exhumation 5. Human Resources: The Cases of Cannibalism and Organ Harvesting 6. Memento Mortuis : The Obligation to Remember the Dead 7. Dialogues with the Dead: Memorials, Monuments, and the Duties of History Part 2: The Immortal Dead 8. The Argument for Modest Immortality 9. Is the Immortal Life Worth Living? 10. Ars moriendi : Learning to Live with Death and the Dead
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (252 pages)
• Subjects: 179.9; Respect for persons; Dead; Death -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000867855; 9781000867848
• Related ISBNs: 9781032293851
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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