Mortal Questions

Thomas Nagel

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107341050

Thomas Nagel's Mortal Questions explores some fundamental issues concerning the meaning, nature and value of human life. Questions about our attitudes to death, sexual behaviour, social inequality, war and political power are shown to lead to more obviously philosophical problems about personal identity, consciousness, freedom and value. This original and illuminating book aims at a form of understanding that is both theoretical and personal in its lively engagement with what are literally issues of life and death.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Preface
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Sources
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1 - Death
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2 - The Absurd
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3 - Moral Luck
pp 24-38
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4 - Sexual Perversion
pp 39-52
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5 - War and Massacre
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6 - Ruthlessness in Public Life
pp 75-90
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7 - The Policy of Preference
pp 91-105
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8 - Equality
pp 106-127
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9 - The Fragmentation of Value
pp 128-141
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10 - Ethics without Biology
pp 142-146
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11 - Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness
pp 147-164
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12 - What is it like to be a bat?
pp 165-180
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13 - Panpsychism
pp 181-195
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14 - Subjective and Objective
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xiv

Sources
pp xv-xvi

1 - Death
pp 1-10

2 - The Absurd
pp 11-23

3 - Moral Luck
pp 24-38

4 - Sexual Perversion
pp 39-52

5 - War and Massacre
pp 53-74

6 - Ruthlessness in Public Life
pp 75-90

7 - The Policy of Preference
pp 91-105

8 - Equality
pp 106-127

9 - The Fragmentation of Value
pp 128-141

10 - Ethics without Biology
pp 142-146

11 - Brain Bisection and the Unity of Consciousness
pp 147-164

12 - What is it like to be a bat?
pp 165-180

13 - Panpsychism
pp 181-195

14 - Subjective and Objective
pp 196-214

Index
pp 215-215

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