Responding to a recent post, Chris Crawford offered a beautiful image of how our lives might be meaningful despite our deaths. He writes, Continue reading How The Past Pervades The Present
Monthly Archives: March 2024
On Dying, Grieving, and Judgment
by Marie Snyder (Reprinted with author’s permission.)
My dad passed away this week. He was older than the hills: 93 and a half years old. I’m not sad about his passing; he lived a long and fulfilling life. But I am troubled by how he went, and our expectations around grief. Continue reading On Dying, Grieving, and Judgment
Should I Choose To Live Forever? A Debate
I have just been made aware of a new book, Should I Choose To Live Forever? A Debate
The book is a debate between the philosophers Stephen Case–who answers the question in the negative, and John Martin Fischer—who answers in the affirmative. The book also includes a Foreword by Lord Martin Rees, the current Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom. Continue reading Should I Choose To Live Forever? A Debate
Should we be grateful for death?
by John Danaher
Most people think death is bad. They approach it with a degree of trepidation, possibly even denial. The prospect is particularly acute for someone who does not believe in an afterlife. Could such a person ever view death as a gift, something for which they should be grateful? Continue reading Should we be grateful for death?
The ethics of human extinction
I recently finished reading Emile Torres‘ essay in Aeon magazine, “The ethics of human extinction,” a topic I have thought and written about much over the years. Continue reading The ethics of human extinction