The solace : finding value in death through gratitude for life / Joshua Glasgow.
2020
BD444 .G53 2020
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Title
The solace : finding value in death through gratitude for life / Joshua Glasgow.
Author
Glasgow, Joshua, author.
ISBN
9780190074333 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
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BD444 .G53 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
128.5
Summary
While navigating his own mother's cancer diagnosis, the author explores how we might find solace in the fact that we will die. Traditionally, philosophical answers to this question center on two possibilities. First, some argue that death is not bad for the one who dies, because they won't exist after once they are dead. Second, others argue that because immortality would be bad, death has considerable upside. Finding these two answers less than satisfying, the author explores a third option. This third source of solace starts with the idea that insofar as our lives are worth being grateful for, they must have a value. This text argues that because life is implicated in all of our good projects and relationships, its value radiates out to all of life's parts, be they good or bad.
Note
While navigating his own mother's cancer diagnosis, the author explores how we might find solace in the fact that we will die. Traditionally, philosophical answers to this question center on two possibilities. First, some argue that death is not bad for the one who dies, because they won't exist after once they are dead. Second, others argue that because immortality would be bad, death has considerable upside. Finding these two answers less than satisfying, the author explores a third option. This third source of solace starts with the idea that insofar as our lives are worth being grateful for, they must have a value. This text argues that because life is implicated in all of our good projects and relationships, its value radiates out to all of life's parts, be they good or bad.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 25, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190074302
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