Latest podcast: The Philosophy of Life and Death
What does it mean to live well and what impact might this have on our death? Can living well help really us achieve a so-called good death? These issues have preoccupied many of the greatest thinkers throughout the ages – including Plato and Aristotle – beginning with the idea that living well, the good life, consists of happiness. However, in philosophical terms happiness may be seen as less of a goal or end state, but a way of living, a subjective feeling. In this special episode of the Art of Dying Well podcast we take a deep dive into the philosophy of these complex existential issues with Dr Christopher Hamilton, author and Reader in Philosophy at King’s College London.
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