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Saving People from the Harm of Death (Hardcover)
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Saving People from the Harm of Death (Hardcover)
Series: Population-Level Bioethics
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Death is something we mourn or fear as the worst thing that could
happen-whether the deaths of close ones, the deaths of strangers in
reported accidents or tragedies, or our own. And yet, being dead is
something that no one can experience and live to describe. This
simple truth raises a host of difficult philosophical questions
about the negativity surrounding our sense of death, and how and
for whom exactly it is harmful. The question of whether death is
bad has occupied philosophers for centuries, and the debate
emerging in philosophical literature is referred to as the "badness
of death." Are deaths primarily negative for the survivors, or does
death also affect the deceased? What are the differences between
death in fetal life, just after birth, or in adolescence? In order
to properly evaluate deaths in global health, we must find answers
to these questions. In this volume, leading philosophers, medical
doctors, and economists discuss different views on how to evaluate
death and its relevance for health policy. This includes theories
about the harm of death and its connections to population-level
bioethics. For example, one of the standard views in global health
is that newborn deaths are among the worst types of death, yet
stillbirths are neglected. This raises difficult questions about
why birth is so significant, and several of the book's authors
challenge this standard view. This is the first volume to connect
philosophical discussions on the harm of death with discussions on
population health, adjusting the ways in which death is evaluated.
Changing these evaluations has consequences for how we prioritize
different health programs that affect individuals at different
ages, as well as how we understand inequality in health.
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