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Well-Being and Death Ben Bradley (Syracuse University, New York)

Well-Being and Death By Ben Bradley (Syracuse University, New York)

Well-Being and Death by Ben Bradley (Syracuse University, New York)


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Ben Bradley investigates what is good about life and what is bad about death. He argues that pleasure is what makes life go well, and that death is bad for its victim even though the victim ceases to exist, because it deprives him of a continuing good life. Bradley considers intriguing related questions, including how death can be made less bad.

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Well-Being and Death by Ben Bradley (Syracuse University, New York)

Well-Being and Death addresses philosophical questions about death and the good life: what makes a life go well? Is death bad for the one who dies? How is this possible if we go out of existence when we die? Is it worse to die as an infant or as a young adult? Is it bad for animals and fetuses to die? Can the dead be harmed? Is there any way to make death less bad for us? Ben Bradley defends the following views: pleasure, rather than achievement or the satisfaction of desire, is what makes life go well; death is generally bad for its victim, in virtue of depriving the victim of more of a good life; death is bad for its victim at times after death, in particular at all those times at which the victim would have been living well; death is worse the earlier it occurs, and hence it is worse to die as an infant than as an adult; death is usually bad for animals and fetuses, in just the same way it is bad for adult humans; things that happen after someone has died cannot harm that person; the only sensible way to make death less bad is to live so long that no more good life is possible.

Well-Being and Death Reviews

This is a masterfully conducted investigation into some of the most difficult questions surrounding the value of death. * Krister Bykvist, Ethical Perspectives *
Bradley's Well-Being and Death is careful, beautifully written, clearly argued... His arguments that dead persons can have well-being levels and that it is not possible to defeat death are especially worthy of very careful attention. * James Stacey Taylor, Journal of Moral Philosophy *

About Ben Bradley (Syracuse University, New York)

Ben Bradley is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University. He has published articles in journals such as Nous, Mind, Ethics, and Philosophical Studies, on such topics as the evil of death, the nature of desire, and theories of well-being.

Table of Contents

Introduction ; 1. Well-Being ; 2. The Evil of Death ; 3. Existence and Time ; 4. Does Psychology Matter? ; 5. Can Death be Defeated? ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

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CIN0199596255G
9780199596256
0199596255
Well-Being and Death by Ben Bradley (Syracuse University, New York)
Used - Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2011-03-03
222
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