264 Pages
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Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this book Christopher Belshaw draws on earlier work concerning death, identity, animals, immortality, and extinction, and builds a large-scale argument dealing with questions of both value and meaning. Rejecting suggestions that life is sacred or intrinsically valuable, he argues instead that its value varies, and varies considerably, both within and between different kinds of things. So... Read more
Introduction: On the Value and Meaning of Life
1. Sanctity
2. Terms
3. Value
4. Life
5. The Asymmetry
6. Choosing
7. Anti-Natalism
8. Meaning
9. Immortality
10. Extinction
Appendix 1: Dworkin and Reconciliation
Appendix 2: The Experience Machine
Appendix 3: How Bad is Death?
Appendix 4: Values and Reasons
Appendix 5: XR/CV.
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Christopher Belshaw teaches philosophy at the University of York. He has earlier taught at the Open University, UC Santa Barbara, and Lancaster University. His previous books include Environmental Philosophy, 10 Good Questions about Life and Death, and Annihilation. He has some ideas for a further book.
