Death has long been a pre-occupation of philosophers, and this is especially so today. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death collects 21 newly commissioned essays that cover current philosophical thinking of death-related topics across the entire range of the discipline. These include metaphysical topics--such as the nature of death, the possibility of an afterlife, the nature of persons, and how our thinking about time affects what we think about death--as well as axiological topics, such as whether death is bad for its victim, what makes it bad to die, what attitude it is fitting to take towards death, the possibility of posthumous harm, and the desirability of immortality. The contributors also explore the views of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato and Epicurus on topics related to the philosophy of death, and questions in normative ethics, such as what makes killing wrong when it is wrong, and whether it is wrong to kill fetuses, non-human animals, combatants in war, and convicted murderers.

With chapters written by a wide range of experts in metaphysics, ethics, and conceptual analysis, and designed to give the reader a comprehensive view of recent developments in the philosophical study of death, this Handbook will appeal to a broad audience in philosophy, particularly in ethics and metaphysics.

长期以来，死亡一直是哲学家们关注的问题，今天更是如此。牛津死亡哲学手册》收集了21篇新委托撰写的文章，涵盖了当前整个学科范围内与死亡相关的哲学思考。其中包括形而上学的话题--如死亡的本质、来世的可能性、人的本质，以及我们对时间的思考如何影响我们对死亡的思考--以及公理学的话题，如死亡是否对其受害者有害，是什么让死亡变得有害，对死亡采取什么态度是合适的，死后伤害的可能性，以及不朽的可取性。撰稿人还探讨了亚里士多德、柏拉图和伊壁鸠鲁等古代哲学家对死亡哲学相关话题的看法，以及规范性伦理学中的问题，如什么原因导致杀人是错误的，以及杀死胎儿、非人类动物、战争中的战斗人员和被定罪的杀人犯是否错误。

本手册的章节由形而上学、伦理学和概念分析方面的众多专家撰写，旨在让读者全面了解死亡哲学研究的最新进展，本手册将吸引哲学领域的广大读者，特别是伦理学和形而上学领域的读者。