Philosophy of death

In ethics and other branches of philosophy, death poses difficult questions, answered differently by various philosophers. Among the many topics explored by the philosophy of death are suicide, capital punishment, abortion, personal identity, immortality and definition of death. ^[1][2]

See also

• Advocacy of suicide
• letting die
• Right to die

References

1. DeGrazia, David (2021). "The Definition of Death". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.
2. Luper, Steven (2021). "Death". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.

Further reading

• The Oxford handbook of the philosophy of death. New York: Oxford University Press. 2013. ISBN 9780195388923.

External links

• Feldman, Fred (2016). "Death". Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. doi:10.4324/9780415249126-N011-1. ISBN 9780415250696.
• Cholbi, Michael (21 July 2017) [First published 18 May 2004]. "Suicide". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 ed.). Stanford University: The Metaphysics Research Lab. ISSN 1095-5054. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
• "Immortality". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Bielik-Robson, Agata (30 March 2021). "Is the Human Being Redeemable? A Meditation on Rosenzweig's Claim That Death Is Very Good". The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy. 29 (1): 57–77. doi:10.1163/1477285X-12341317. ISSN 1053-699X.
• Menzies, Rachel E.; Whittle, Lachlan F. (3 February 2022). "Stoicism and death acceptance: integrating Stoic philosophy in cognitive behaviour therapy for death anxiety". Discover Psychology. 2 (1): 11. doi:10.1007/s44202-022-00023-9. ISSN 2731-4537.
• Peltomäki, Isto Johannes (18 November 2023). "Meaningfulness, Death, and Suffering: Philosophy of Meaning in Life in the Light of Finitude". Human Arenas. doi:10.1007/s42087-023-00376-0. ISSN 2522-5804.