Well-Being and the Good Death

The philosophical literature on well-being and the good life contains very little explicit discussion of what makes for a better or worse death. The purpose of this essay is to highlight some commonly held views about the good death and investigate whether these views are recognized by the leading t...

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Autor principal: Campbell, Stephen 1950- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2020]
En: Ethical theory and moral practice
Año: 2020, Volumen: 23, Número: 3/4, Páginas: 607-623
Otras palabras clave:B Good Life
B Well-being
B good death
B Welfare
B Death
B Prudential value
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Sumario:The philosophical literature on well-being and the good life contains very little explicit discussion of what makes for a better or worse death. The purpose of this essay is to highlight some commonly held views about the good death and investigate whether these views are recognized by the leading theories of well-being. While the most widely discussed theories do have implications about what constitutes a good death, they seem unable to fully accommodate these popular good death views. I offer two partial explanations for why these views have been neglected in discussions of well-being and make two corresponding recommendations for future work in the philosophy of well-being.
ISSN:1572-8447
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10677-020-10101-3