Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The metaphysics of life and death
- Part II The significance of life and death
- 6 Assessing lives
- 7 On the length of a good life
- 8 Mortal harm
- 9 When do we incur mortal harm?
- 10 The symmetry problem
- 11 Posthumous harm
- 12 Life’s meaning
- Part III The ethics of life and death
- References
- Index
12 - Life’s meaning
from Part II - The significance of life and death
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2014
- The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The metaphysics of life and death
- Part II The significance of life and death
- 6 Assessing lives
- 7 On the length of a good life
- 8 Mortal harm
- 9 When do we incur mortal harm?
- 10 The symmetry problem
- 11 Posthumous harm
- 12 Life’s meaning
- Part III The ethics of life and death
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death , pp. 198 - 212Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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