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028			_a: International Book Distributors _b: Flat No.-17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi _c: 120598 _d: 20/07/2024
082			_a128.5 KAG
100			_aKagan, Shelly.
245			_aDeath. _c/ Shelly Kagan.
260			_a, 2012 _b: Yale University Press _c, New Haven
300			_aix, 376p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aThere is one thing we can be sure of: we are all going to die. But once we accept that fact, the questions begin. In this thought-provoking book, philosophy professor Shelly Kagan examines the myriad questions that arise when we confront the meaning of mortality. Do we have reason to believe in the existence of immortal souls? Or should we accept an account according to which people are just material objects, nothing more? Can we make sense of the idea of surviving the death of one’s body? If I won’t exist after I die, can death truly be bad for me? Would immortality be desirable? Is fear of death appropriate? Is suicide ever justified? How should I live in the face of death? Written in an informal and conversational style, this stimulating and provocative book challenges many widely held views about death, as it invites the reader to take a fresh look at one of the central features of the human condition―the fact that we will die.
650			_aPhilosophy
650			_aDeath
650			_a Human condition
700			_aShelly Kagan
942			_cBOOK
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