7. How to Be Dead and Not Care: A Defense of Epicurus

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments ix
3. Contents xi
4. Contributors xiii
5. 1. Introduction: Death, Metaphysics, and Morality 1
6. 2. Death Knocks 31
7. 3. Rationality and the Fear of Death 41
8. 4. Death 59
9. 5. The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality 71
10. 6. The Evil of Death 93
11. 7. How to Be Dead and Not Care: A Defense of Epicurus 117
12. 8. The Dead 135
13. 9. The Misfortunes of the Dead 157
14. 10. Harm to Others 169
15. 11. Reasons and Persons 191
16. 12. Why Is Death Bad? 219
17. 13. Death and the Value of Life 231
18. 14. Annihilation 267
19. 15. Epicurus and Annihilation 291
20. 16. Some Puzzles About the Evil of Death 305
21. 17. Well-Being and Time 327
22. Notes 363
23. Bibliography 403
24. Index 415