Mortal questions

New York: Cambridge University Press (1979)
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Death.--The absurd.--Moral luck.--Sexual perversion.--War and massacre.--Ruthlessness in public life.--The policy of preference.--Equality.--The fragmentation of value.--Ethics without biology.--Brain bisection and the unity of consciousness.--What is it like to be a bat?--Panpsychism.--Subjective and objective.

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0521294606   1107604710   0521406765   9654934124   9780521294607

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10.2307/2184400
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