The Ethics of Death: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives in Dialogue

For the living, death has a moral dimension. When we confront death and dying in our own lives and in the lives of others, we ask questions aboutthe good, right, and fitting as they relate to our experiences of human mortality. When others die, the living are left with moral questionsquestions that often generate personal inquiry as to whether a particular death was good or whether it was tragic, terrifying, or peaceful.

InThe Ethics of Death,the authors, one a philosopher and one a religiou...