|
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
|
Buy Now
Our Stories - Essays on Life, Death, and Free Will (Hardcover, New)
Loot Price: R1,227
Discovery Miles 12 270
|
|
|
Our Stories - Essays on Life, Death, and Free Will (Hardcover, New)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
In this collection of essays on the metaphysical issues pertaining
to death, the meaning of life, and freedom of the will, John Martin
Fischer argues (against the Epicureans) that death can be a bad
thing for the individual who dies. He defends the claim that
something can be a bad thing--a misfortune--for an individual, even
if he never experiences it as bad (and even if he does not any
longer exist). Fischer also defends the commonsense asymmetry in
our attitudes toward death and prenatal nonexistence: we are
indifferent to the time before we are born, but we regret that we
do not live longer. Further, Fischer argues (against the
immortality curmudgeons, such as Heidegger and Bernard Williams),
that immortal life could be desirable, and shows how the defense of
the (possible) badness of death and the (possible) goodness of
immortality exhibit a similar structure; on Fischer's view, the
badness of death and the goodness of life can be represented on
spectra that display certain continuities.
Building on Fischer's previous book, My Way a major aim of this
volume is to show important connections between issues relating to
life and death and issues relating to free will. More specifically,
Fischer argues that we endow our lives with a certain distinctive
kind of meaning--an irreducible narrative dimension of value--by
exhibiting free will. Thus, in acting freely, we transform our
lives so that our stories matter.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
