Our Stories: Essays on Life, Death, and Free Will

by John Martin Fischer

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In this collection of essays on the metaphysical issues pertaining to death, the meaning of life, and freedom of the will, John Martin Fischer argues (against the Epicureans) that death can be a bad thing for the individual who dies. He defends the claim that something can be a bad thing--a misfortune--for an individual, even if he never experiences it as bad (and even if he does not any longer exist). Fischer also defends the commonsense asymmetry...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199767238

ISBN13:9780199767236

Release Date:January 2011

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:194 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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