Death, Dying, and Heroes
Dear Abbie - The Non-Advice Podcast
English - March 21, 2024 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPhilosophy Society & Culture Relationships narrative view dialectical lives feminism women and men success as a woman women’s life stories philosophical lives romantic love groupthink women’s life strategies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
So, if death is ordinarily not that bad – a big relief, even – why the dread of dying?
Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita at Brooklyn College of The City University of New York. She is the author of Confessions of A Young Philosopher (forthcoming), which is a woman's "confession" in the tradition of Augustine and Rousseau. She writes a weekly online column, "Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice Column" along with "Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice Podcast," where she explains why women's lives are highly interesting. Many of her articles are accessible at https://brooklyn-cuny.academia.edu/AbigailMartin. She edited The Consolations of Philosophy: Hobbes's Secret; Spinoza's Way by her father, the late Henry M. Rosenthal. She is married to Jerry L. Martin, also a philosopher. They live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She can be reached a [email protected].