Product Description: Annihilation explores the sense and significance of death in general and human death in particular. The first part of the book examines questions about the nature of death. For example, is the death of the brain a necessary and sufficient condition of death? How does the death of a human being relate to the death of a person? The second part of the book questions whether death should be seen as bad, focusing on the Epicurean view that the fear of death is irrational because it cannot be experienced, noting that, for instance, while we worry about future non-existence, we don't concern ourselves with past non-existence...read more

Product Description: Esta introducción a la filosofía del medio ambiente examina los actuales debates sobre cómo deberíamos pensar el mundo natural y nuestro lugar dentro de él. A diferencia de otros trabajos, el tema se examina desde una perspectiva decididamente analítica, que aunque se centra en cuestiones de valor, también trata temas de e...read more

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Product Description: Beginning with an overview of current concerns, Belshaw locates our attitudes toward the environment within their cultural and historical milieu. He then examines the various positions in detail, ranging from the moderate view that we ought to consider not only ourselves but also other animals, to the seemingly more extravagant contention that non-sentient life, rocks, deserts B indeed all of the processes of nature B should be considered intrinsically valuable...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Beginning with an overview of current concerns, Belshaw locates our attitudes toward the environment within their cultural and historical milieu. He then examines the various positions in detail, ranging from the moderate view that we ought to consider not only ourselves but also other animals, to the seemingly more extravagant contention that non-sentient life, rocks, deserts B indeed all of the processes of nature B should be considered intrinsically valuable...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)