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

by John Martin Fischer

Book Overview

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, USA
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"