Linden, Patrick Ingemar, 1968-

The case against death / Ingemar Patrick Linden. - x, 258 pages ; 23 cm. - Basic bioethics. . - Basic bioethics. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The case against death -- The case against dying -- Death is harmless -- Life is overrated -- Death is natural and therefore good -- It would be boring to live longer -- We need a deadline -- Morality, character, virtue, and moral excellence -- Death is the mother of beauty -- Death saves us from overpopulation -- Death saves us from social consequences worse than death -- The state of the debate and a concluding dialogue concerning the badness of human mortality.

"An argument against the "Wise View" of death that it is an inevitable and acceptable part of life"--

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