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On 25 September 2018, researchers of eighteenth-century literature and culture gathered from around the world at the Institute of Modern Languages Research in Senate House, London, to discuss how death and dying were conceptualised, represented, and greeted in their period of study.
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This chapter investigates people’s preparations for their own deaths and their sense of responsibility toward those who had already died.
- Dying Well, with Suffering
- Mistaken Priorities Or Strange Wisdom?
- Eugenics, Trust and Law
- Argument, Activism, Story, Strategy
- Euthanasia Now
Mahar’s book fascinates because it is as much a treatise about social change and contested values as it is an exploration of the ethics of dying well. Perhaps its greatest virtue is the sense that Mahar is not pursuing her own agenda. Instead, she sympathetically explains the different views people have held historically and shows why those perspec...
From the perspective of a more secular age, this can all seem strange and wrongheaded – a horrifyingly mistaken sacrifice of earthly wellbeing to a speculative hereafter and a mystifying appeal to God’s “plan”. It is quite possible to wonder how much the popular discourse and published work of the time failed to genuinely engage with the true hards...
Victorian views on death and dying are just one of the captivating cultural moments Mahar explores as she traces euthanasia’s waxing and waning prospects through the generations. There is a necessary discussion of the troubling link between euthanasia and eugenics. The Nazis’ sterilisation, separation and then execution of people with disabilities ...
In each of these cases – and many more besides – Mahar invites the reader to see opposing perspectives and understand the larger cultural forces that shaped them. As a philosopher, I was intrigued by how important argument remained throughout the history. Across the generations, advocates and critics alike tried to persuade audiences about their pr...
Mahar’s work matters to all of us today, quite apart from the fascinating history it relates. Euthanasia is an issue in Australia in 2023. Voluntary dying will soon be available in all Australian states. The debate is again starting to attract global attention. For a long time, critics of euthanasia spoke of a slippery slope, arguing that once a cl...
- Hugh Breakey
Beliefs and practices concerning death have changed throughout human history. In pre. modern times, death at a young age was common due to living conditions and medical practices. As medical science has advanced and helped humans live longer, attitudes and responses to.
- David San Filippo
- 2006
Nov 20, 2019 · Brains resurrected after death, communications with people in comas and advances in cryogenics all suggest that life's end is less final than we thought. By Helen Thomson. 20 November 2019.
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Sep 7, 2021 · This book sets out to convey the breadth of early-modern philosophical interest in life and death. It ranges over debates in metaphysics, the life sciences, epistemology, the philosophy of mathematics, philosophical psychology, the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of education and ethics.
