A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and Ethics

Cover
E. Mellen Press, 1990 - 508 Seiten
This study examines death and its impact on human thinking from a biological and historical viewpoint. It finds that fear of death is the motive behind the human need to accomplish anything. It also discusses care of the terminally ill, mercy killing, suicide, and the death penalty.

Im Buch

Inhalt

Man and death
3
Death as a natural phenomenon
37
Death and philosophy
75
Urheberrecht

13 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.

Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen

Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen

Bibliografische Informationen