What is philosophical in the death and dying course?

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A series of topics typically considered in a standard course on death and dying is examined, choosing examples which might commonly be said to be taken from the philosophical and from the nonphilosophical sections of the course. The former topics confirm that there is a strong component of recognized philosophical issues in this course, although in each case a comprehensive treatment of the subject requires complementary discussion from extraphHosophical perspectives; the latter examples are shown either to have dimensions which are directly philosophical or to have implications which bear on establishing or understanding some philosophical problem. It is concluded that the death and dying course should, in principle, be team taught, and that a philosophy teacher must be a key member of the team. Put another way, the death and dying course provides both a unique occasion for significant philosophical work, and a salient test of the meaningfulness of philosophy as a human venture.

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