A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and EthicsE. 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. |
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... murder . The Book of Common Prayer Murder is the criminal and intentional killing of a human being . The law recognizes two kind of murder , first and second degree . First degree murder usually refers ... murders 307 Chapter VII b) Murder.
... murder . The Book of Common Prayer Murder is the criminal and intentional killing of a human being . The law recognizes two kind of murder , first and second degree . First degree murder usually refers ... murders 307 Chapter VII b) Murder.
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... murder is less frequent than second degree is due to two factors : identification and fear of punishment . Identification , a human capacity that is responsible for many acts of kindness or generosity , tends to prevent first degree murder ...
... murder is less frequent than second degree is due to two factors : identification and fear of punishment . Identification , a human capacity that is responsible for many acts of kindness or generosity , tends to prevent first degree murder ...
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... murder statistics show is that the murder rate is approximately the same in abolition states as in death- penalty states , proving , maintain the abolitionists , that the shadow of the executioner has little to do with murder or other ...
... murder statistics show is that the murder rate is approximately the same in abolition states as in death- penalty states , proving , maintain the abolitionists , that the shadow of the executioner has little to do with murder or other ...
Inhalt
Man and death | 3 |
Death as a natural phenomenon | 37 |
Death and philosophy | 75 |
Urheberrecht | |
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A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and Ethics Plinio Prioreschi Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1990 |
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abortion afterlife ancient animals annihilation Atman Attitudes Toward Death become belief body Buddha Buddhism burial buried called caused century Christian Church committed concept concerning considered corpse course cremation crime D.J. Enright D.S. Brewer Davidson and W.M.S. dead Death and Existence death and immortality Death and Western death penalty deceased doctrine dying Elizabeth Kübler-Ross Ellis Davidson Erwin Panofsky eschatology eternal euthanasia evident example fact fear of death feeling Folklore of Ghosts funerary Herman Feifel hero Hinduism human Ibid immortality individual Jacques Choron John Langone John McManners Judaism killed living Macmillan Company man's maximum life span means Middle Ages mortal murder Old Testament pain patient person Philippe Ariès Philosophical Library Plinio Prioreschi primitive problem of death punishment Quoted reason religion religious Renaissance resurrection Roman samsara sculpture Sheol soul spirit suffering suicide survival terminally ill thou tombs tradition Translation University Press usually Western Thought York