Introduction

PART I: POSING QUESTIONS
What Should We Expect From Philosophy? Jeanne Quint Benoliel Dying and Death Late in the Twentieth Century David J. Roy

PART II: PERSPECTIVES IN PHILOSOPHICAL THANATOLOGY
Immortality John D. Morgan The Idea of "The Glorious Dead": The Conversion of a Uniquely Personal Experience Bill Warren

Suffering and Death: External Questions in a New Context Kjell Kallenberg

Meaning and the Awareness of Death Galen K. Pletcher

Blinkings: A Thanatocentric Theory of Consciousness Jeffrey Kauffman

Personal Identity and Death Concerna€”Philosophical and Developmental Perspectives Adrian Tomer

PART III: HUMANISTIC REFLECTIONS ON MORTALITY AWARENESS
The Awareness of Mortality in Midlife: Implications for Later Life Kenneth J. Doka Intimations of Mortality from Recollections of Early Childhood: Death Awareness, Knowledge, and the Unconscious Victor L. Schermer

Children, Death, and Fairy Tales Elizabeth P. Lamers

Saying Good-Bye to Tomorrow Inge Corless

Horrendous Death: Linking Thanatology and Public Health Dan Leviton Death and Beyond: A Hindu's Perspective Aruna Mathur

Contributors

Index