Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions

Benatar, David

ISBN 10: 1442258330 / ISBN 13: 9781442258334

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016

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pp. 484.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442258330
• ISBN 13: 9781442258334
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses.

About the Authors

Arthur Hubscher is president of the Schopenhauer Society and director of its archives.

David B. Suits is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA.

Richard Taylor is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Swansea University, Wales, UK. His previous publications include Film Propaganda: Soviet Russia & Nazi Germany (1998), The Battleship Potemkin (2001) and October in the BFI Film Classics series (2002). He is founding editor of the KINO Series.