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159. Joshua Glasgow — The Solace: Finding Value in Death Through Gratitude for Life

159. Joshua Glasgow — The Solace: Finding Value in Death Through Gratitude for Life

FromThe Michael Shermer Show


159. Joshua Glasgow — The Solace: Finding Value in Death Through Gratitude for Life

FromThe Michael Shermer Show

ratings:
Length:
101 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How can we find solace when we face the death of loved ones? How can we find solace in our own death? When philosopher Joshua Glasgow’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, he struggled to answer these questions for her and for himself. Though death and immortality introduce some of the most basic and existentially compelling questions in philosophy, Glasgow found that the dominant theories came up short. Recalling the last months of his mother’s life, Glasgow reveals the breakthrough he finally arrived at for himself, from which readers can learn and find solace. When we are grateful for life, we value all of it, and this includes death, its natural culmination. Just as we are grateful for the value in our lives, we can affirm this value in death.
Released:
Feb 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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In the tradition of the Enlightenment salons that helped drive the Age of Reason, Science Salon is a series of conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, scholars, and thinkers, about the most important issues of our time.