Posthumous Harm: Why the Dead are Still Vulnerable

by Raymond Angelo Belliotti

Book Overview

Reasonable people agree that, other things being equal, it is immoral to fail to fulfill deathbed promises, to maliciously defame the dead, and to mistreat corpses. But philosophical controversy swirls over why such acts are morally wrong. Are these acts wrong only because they violate moral norms against breaking promises, lying, and abusing others? Are these acts morally deficient because they wrong the dead? Are these acts morally wrong because...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739185993
• ISBN13: 9780739185995
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"