Conception of Posthumous Harm - is it Worth of Sustain? Cover Image

Koncepcja pośmiertnej szkody – czy jest warta utrzymania?
Conception of Posthumous Harm - is it Worth of Sustain?

Author(s): Olga Dryla
Subject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: posthumous harm; harm of death; person postmortem; person antemortem; duties to the deceased/ the dead

Summary/Abstract: The question of an origins and a range of ours duties to the deceased is a crucial issue conditioning the possibility of practical decisions according to such different branches of science as archeology (the rules of exploring and exhibiting of human remains) and biomedicine (the rules of using human remains for research and educational purposes). The text is devoted to conception of posthumous harms by J. Feinberg along with its non-intuitive consequences, putting forward counter arguments, as well as alternative ideas.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 69-87
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English, Polish