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Erst kommt das Leben, dann der Tod, denken viele. Doch schon das Verweilen vor einem Grab eröffnet einen Dialog, der das Band zwischen dem Vergangenen und Gegenwärtigen spürbar werden lässt: Das Band der Kommunikation zwischen den Toten und den Lebenden scheint unzerreißbar. Der Tod - der eigene und der der anderen - ist eine Kategorie des Lebens, die jeden von uns zur Auseinandersetzung zwingt. Das Buch von Jean-Pierre Wils ist seit langer Zeit der erste, großangelegte Versuch einer Lehre vom Tod, einer Thanatologie, die ein umfassendes Panorama entfaltet: Todesarten, Todesangst, Todeszeitpunkt werden zum Thema ebenso wie die Frage nach der Unsterblichkeit, dem angemessenen Trösten und den Riten der Bestattung. Angesichts des Todes kommt die Philosophie an ihre Grenze - darum holt der Autor der Philosophie eine "Weggefährtin auf der Erkundungsfahrt zum Tod" an die Seite, nämlich die Literatur. So wird das Buch zu einem einmaligen Grenzgang zwischen Philosophie und Literatur, zwischen Reflexion und Narration und beglaubigt den Satz von Saint-Exupéry: "Es wird aussehen, als wäre ich tot, und das wird nicht wahr sein."

Thanatologie --- Trost --- Trauer --- Todesfurcht --- Nahtoderfahrung --- Unsterblichkeit --- Todeszeitpunkt --- ,ars moriendi' --- Thanatology --- consolation --- mourning --- fear of death --- near-death experience --- immortality --- time of death

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Death --- Postmortem changes. --- Autopsy. --- Time of. --- Necropsy --- Necroscopy --- Post-mortem examinations --- Postmortem examinations --- Postmortems --- Anatomy, Pathological --- Dead bodies (Law) --- Human dissection --- Medical jurisprudence --- Change, Postmortem --- Change after death --- Changes, Postmortem --- Changes after death --- Post-mortem changes --- Death (Biology) --- Decomposition (Chemistry) --- Time of death --- Causes --- Proof and certification

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This is an original contribution to the much debated area of the value that we should place on human life. With the euthanasia issue highlighted in the public arena this book argues for a non-absolutist highest value on life ethic and how that fits with society's current emphasis on individual autonomy. By the use of everyday examples the impact of placing a high value on life is explored. It will be useful for students of ethics, nursing and medicine and those engaged in the public debate on euthanasia. With the euthanasia issue highlighted in the public arena, this book argues for a non-absolutist highest value on life ethic and how that fits with society's current emphasis on individual autonomy. It is suitable for students of ethics, nursing and medicine and those engaged in the public debate on euthanasia.

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