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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Chapters

Equality.Thomas Nagel
The Fragmentation of Value.Thomas Nagel
Moral luck.  (pages 24–38)Thomas Nagel
Panpsychism.  (pages 181–95)Thomas Nagel
Subjective and objective.  (pages 207-222)Thomas Nagel
What is it like to be a bat?  (pages 435 - 450)Thomas Nagel

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