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Death (PHIL 176)

Shelly Kagan's Yale philosophy lectures on death, immortality and how mortality should shape life.

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About this course

Professor Shelly Kagan examines whether we survive death, whether immortality would be desirable, whether death is bad and whether suicide can be rational or moral.

Best for: Anyone drawn to big philosophical questions.

What you will be able to do

  • Assess arguments for and against survival after death
  • Analyse what personal identity consists in
  • Evaluate whether death is bad for the one who dies
  • Reason about the ethics of suicide

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