Epicurus and the Singularity of Death 1st Edition by David B. Suits 9781350134058 1350134058

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• ISBN 10: 1350134058
• ISBN 13: 9781350134058
• Author: David B. Suits 

In his Letter to Menoeceus, the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus states that ‘death is nothing to us’. Few philosophers then or since have agreed with his controversial argument, upholding instead that death constitutes a deprivation and is therefore to be feared. Diverging from the current trend and sparking fresh debate, this book provides an imaginative defense of the Epicurean view of death. Drawing on Epicurus’s Principal Doctrines, Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura and Philodemus’s De Morte, David Suits argues that the usual concepts of harm, loss and suffering no longer apply in death, thus showing how the deprivation view is flawed. He also applies Epicurean reasoning to key issues in applied ethics in order to dispute the claim that there can be a right to life, to defend egoistic friendship, and to consider how Epicureanism might handle wills and life insurance. By championing the Epicurean perspective, this book makes a valuable contribution to the contemporary philosophical debate about death.

Table contents:

Chapter 1: The Epicurean View of Death

Chapter 2: Radical Epicureanism

Chapter 3: Premature Death and the Complete Life

Chapter 4: Counterfactual Comments

Chapter 5: Death and Deprivation

Chapter 6: A Critique in Four Dimensions

Chapter 7: Killing

Chapter 8: Immortality

Chapter 9: Will He Nill He

Chapter 10: Suicide

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