0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind

Buy Now

Posthumous Harm - Why the Dead are Still Vulnerable (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,311
Discovery Miles 13 110
Posthumous Harm - Why the Dead are Still Vulnerable (Paperback): Raymond Angelo Belliotti

Posthumous Harm - Why the Dead are Still Vulnerable (Paperback)

Raymond Angelo Belliotti

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,311 Discovery Miles 13 110 | Repayment Terms: R123 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

Reasonable people agree that, other things being equal, it is immoral to fail to fulfill deathbed promises, to maliciously defame the dead, and to mistreat corpses. But philosophical controversy swirls over why such acts are morally wrong. Are these acts wrong only because they violate moral norms against breaking promises, lying, and abusing others? Are these acts morally deficient because they wrong the dead? Are these acts morally wrong because they harm or injure the dead? Or are these acts blameworthy because they wrong, harm, or injure those who survive the deaths? Who are the genuine victims, if any, of these morally wrong acts? When first confronting such questions seriously, we discover paradoxes. On one hand, we are inclined to think that the dead person is in some sense wronged, harmed, or injured by posthumous treachery. After all, when a promise is broken, when someone is maliciously defamed, and when someone's request concerning the disposition of his remains is dismissed, we are inclined to think of the victims as the promisee, the defamed person, and the ignored person, respectively. On the other hand, in the case of the dead there are no "people" who might be identified as victims. Assuming that death marks finality, once we are dead we are no more. So perhaps the typical moral paradigms dissolve in such cases. Posthumous Harm: Why the Dead are Still Vulnerable addresses these issues and the host of questions surrounding them.

General

Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2013
First published: August 2013
Authors: Raymond Angelo Belliotti
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8599-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
Promotions
LSN: 0-7391-8599-3
Barcode: 9780739185995

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..

Big Panda And Tiny Dragon
James Norbury Hardcover  (1)
R505 R455 Discovery Miles 4 550
The Journey - A Big Panda And Tiny…
James Norbury Hardcover R430 R388 Discovery Miles 3 880
The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive…
Daniel Reisberg Hardcover R9,504 Discovery Miles 95 040
The Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy…
Michael N. Forster, Kristin Gjesdal Hardcover R4,838 Discovery Miles 48 380
Raw Feeling - A Philosophical Account of…
Robert Kirk Hardcover R3,822 Discovery Miles 38 220
A Brief History of the Philosophy of…
Adrian Bardon Hardcover R3,041 Discovery Miles 30 410
Experimental Philosophy - Volume 2
Joshua Knobe, Shaun Nichols Hardcover R4,090 Discovery Miles 40 900
Letters from a Stoic
Lucius Seneca Paperback R95 R81 Discovery Miles 810
Trust within Reason
Martin Hollis Hardcover R3,193 Discovery Miles 31 930
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius Paperback R95 R81 Discovery Miles 810
From Metaphysics to Ethics - A Defence…
Frank Jackson Hardcover R3,466 Discovery Miles 34 660
The Character of Consciousness
David J. Chalmers Hardcover R4,404 Discovery Miles 44 040

See more

Partners