Kagan ’76 on ‘Why is death bad for you?’

Professor and philosopher, Shelly Kagan '76, will be hosted by the Maguire Ethics Center and the SMU Philosophy Department, at 3 PM on Friday, March 1st.

Kagan is the Clark Professor of Philosophy and is considered one of the outstanding moral philosophers of our time, writing extensively on the nature of human well-being and harm. The lecture, “Why is Death Bad for You?,” opens an animated dialogue on why we regard death as a bad thing. The event will be in Room 241 of Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St., Dallas, 75205.

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Related links

• "Is Death bad for you?"
• An open online course on Death, taught by Shelly Kagan
• Shelly Kagan's page at Yale University