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"--