There is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make
of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we
begin to reflect on our mortality. The possibility that death may not actually
be the end is considered. Are we, in some sense, immortal? Would immortality
be desirable? Also a clearer notion of what it is to die is examined. What
does it mean to say that a person has died? What kind of fact is that? And,
finally, different attitudes to death are evaluated. Is death an evil? How?
Why? Is suicide morally permissible? Is it rational? How should the knowledge
that I am going to die affect the way I live my life?

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