Life, Death, and Meaning : (Record no. 103234)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781442201712 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781442201699 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)931879693 |
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| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
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| Classification number | BD431.L418 2009 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 128 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Benatar, David. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Life, Death, and Meaning : |
| Remainder of title | Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Blue Ridge Summit : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2010. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (461 pages) |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Life, Death, & -- Meaning -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Meaning of Life -- 1 The Meaning of Life -- 2 The Absurd -- 3 "Nothing Matters" -- 4 Philosophy and the Meaning of Life -- 5 Philosophy and the Meaning of Life -- 6 The Meanings of Life -- Suggestions for Further Reading on the Meaning of Life -- Part II: Creating People -- 7 Whether Causing Someone to Exist Can Benefit This Person -- 8 Why Not Let Life Become Extinct? -- 9 On Becoming Extinct -- 10 Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence -- Suggestions for Further Reading on Creating People -- Part III: Death -- 11 How to Be Dead and Not Care: A Defense of Epicurus -- 12 The Misfortunes of the Dead -- 13 Annihilation -- 14 Some Puzzles About the Evil of Death -- 15 Pre-Vital and Post-Mortem Non-Existence -- 16 Why Death Is Not Bad for the One Who Died -- Suggestions for Further Reading on Death -- Part IV: Suicide -- 17 Of Suicide -- 18 Suicide and Duty -- 19 Suicide: A Qualified Defense -- Suggestions for Further Reading on Suicide -- Part V: Immortality -- 20 Immortality: A Letter -- 21 The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality -- 22 Why Immortality Is Not So Bad -- 23 "From Here to Eternity": Is It Good to Live Forever? -- Suggestions for Further Reading on Immortality -- Part VI: Optimism and Pessimism -- 24 Optimism -- 25 The Consolations of Optimism -- 26 The Sad Truth: Optimism, Pessimism, and Pragmatism -- 27 On the Sufferings of the World -- Suggestions for Further Reading on Optimism and Pessimism -- Index -- About the Contributors. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Life. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Death. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Boden, Margaret A. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Caldwell, Peter. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Feldman, Fred. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fischer, John Martin. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hare, Richard. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hume, David. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Joske, W. D. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kant, Immanuel. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kaufman, Frederick. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Benatar, David |
| Title | Life, Death, and Meaning |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,c2010 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781442201699 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4187290">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4187290</a> |
| Public note | Click to View |
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