Grief, Death, and Longing in Stoic and Christian Ethics

The Stoic rejection of the passion of grief strikes many ethicists writing on dying as inhuman, selfish, or lacking appreciation for the world. This essay argues that Stoics rejected grief and the fear of death because these passions alienated one from the present through sorrow or anxiety for the f...

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Main Author: Scherz, Paul J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-28
Further subjects:B Passions
B Ars moriendi
B Bioethics
B End of life Ethics
B Virtue Ethics
B Stoicism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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