Why immortality is not so bad

International Journal of Philosophical Studies 2 (2):257 – 270 (1994)
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(1994). Why immortality is not so bad. International Journal of Philosophical Studies: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 257-270.

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Reasons and Persons.Derek Parfit - 1984 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.
The Metaphysics of death.John Martin Fischer (ed.) - 1993 - Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.

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