LEADER 00000cam a2200565M  4500 
001    ocn870417539 
003    OCoLC 
005    20170127063332.2 
006    m     o  d         
007    cr |n||||||||| 
008    071114e200812uuxxk     o     000 0 eng d 
019    898104118|a904529889 
020    9781317492771|q(electronic book) 
020    1317492773|q(electronic book) 
020    |z9781844651344 
020    |z1844651347 
020    |z9780773535527 
020    |z0773535527 
020    |z9780773535534|q(paperback) 
020    |z0773535535|q(paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)870417539|z(OCoLC)898104118|z(OCoLC)904529889 
037    |b00573375 
040    COO|beng|epn|cCOO|dOCLCQ|dN$T|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dYDXCP
       |dOCLCQ 
049    RIDW 
050  4 BD444 
072  7 PHI|x010000|2bisacsh 
082 04 128.5|222 
090    BD444 
110 2  Belshaw Christopher Staff,|eAuthor. 
245 10 Annihilation the Sense and Significance of Death. 
260    Durham :|bAcumen Publishing, Limited,|cDec. 2008|aAbingdon
       :|bMarston Book Services, Limited [distributor] 
300    1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
347    text file|2rdaft 
505 0  Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1.
       Death; 2. Definitions; 3. Human beings; 4. Is it bad to 
       die?; 5. Circumstances and degrees; 6. Posthumous harms; 
       7. An asymmetry; 8. Numbers; 9. Cheating death; Appendix: 
       Brain death -- history and debate; Notes; Bibliography; 
       Index. 
520 8  Annihilation explores the sense and significance of death 
       in general, and human death in particular. The first part 
       of the book examines metaphysical questions about the 
       nature of death and what it is that we are seeking to 
       understand, for example, is the death of the brain a 
       necessary and sufficient condition of death? How does the 
       death of a human being relate to the death of a person? 
       The second part of the book considers questions of death¿s
       badness, focusing on the Epicurean view that the fear of 
       death is irrational because it is something we cannot 
       experience (and why worry about future non-existence when 
       we don¿t concern ourselves about pastnon-existence?). The 
       final chapter considers whether immortality is desirable 
       and whether, via cryonics, brain transplants, data storage,
       we might cheat death. Theexamination focuses on questions 
       of value rather than on questions of morality and 
       Belshaw¿s general approach throughout is sceptical and 
       deflationary. The book will be of interest to philosophers
       concerned with the nature and importance of death and it 
       provides a much-needed foundation for discussions of 
       abortion, euthanasia, life supportand suicide. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
       Collection - North America 
650  0 Death.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036085
650  7 Death.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/888613 
655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aBelshaw, Christopher.|tAnnihilation : 
       The Sense and Significance of Death.|dHoboken : Taylor and
       Francis, ©2014|z9781844651344 
856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://
       search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&
       db=nlebk&AN=924291|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to 
       current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 
856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp://
       guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 
901    MARCIVE 20231220 
948    |d20170505|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic new|lridw 
994    92|bRID