The Solace: Finding Value in Death through Gratitude for Life
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
- Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780190074302
- ISBN10 0190074302
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 128
- Año de Edición 2020
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
Materias
ética/filosofía MoralThe Solace: Finding Value in Death through Gratitude for Life
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
This book is beautifully written. It tackles some of the most basic 'existential' issues, such as death, nothingness, immortality, the value of life, and the appropriate attitude toward death.These are topics of interest to philosophers, but also to human beings in general, and the book is accessible to a wide range of readers, from beginners in philosophy to those who are more advanced. It is a deeply original book, developing a fascinating suggestion for the appropriate attitude toward death, based on the 'radiant value' of life. This is a humane, thoughtful exploration of deeply important issues., John Martin Fischer, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, UC Riverside
This is an elegant meditation on how to think about passing into death. Inspired by the author's desire to speak to his terminally ill mother about how to find some solace?something of value?in passing away, the book subtly weaves together philosophical ideas on death, immortality, the value of life, regret, meaningfulness, valuing imperfections, gratitude, and the sources of solace. Glasgow has a gift for gently guiding his reader through complex ideas without losing sight of our human need for solace in the face of mortality., Cheshire Calhoun, Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
Biografía del autor
Joshua Glasgow is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Sonoma State University, where for several years he was also Director of the Center for Ethics, Law, and Society. He works on a variety of topics in ethics and political philosophy. He is the co-author of What is Race?: Four Philosophical Views, published by Oxford University Press in 2019.