Aging, Death, and Human Longevity
Subtitle: A Philosophical Inquiry
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780520232983
Subjects: Social & political philosophy; Sociology; Longevity; Social Science; Philosophy; Terminal care; General; Gerontology; Philosophy / General; Aging
First sentence: In its entry on the subject "death" The Oxford Companion to Philosophy states, "Apart from trying to avoid it for as long as possible the philosopher has two main problems about death: What is it?