https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Hunting-high-and-low https://booksandideas.net/Hunting-high-and-low 2023-10-10T07:37:47Z text/html en Jean-Louis Fabiani Society anthropology death animals Cairn.info <p>Hunters are more concerned about nature's fragility than most people realize. They are the first to witness it, and their relationship with animals is not just one of blind predation.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Haunted-and-Enchanted https://booksandideas.net/Haunted-and-Enchanted 2020-04-02T07:00:00Z text/html en Stéphanie Sauget History death time surnatural <p>Studying the modern craze for ghosts, Caroline Callard sees them as a common and active figure, bearers of the hauntings of time and of conflict resolution, in line with a science that takes on the task of interpreting nature.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Meaning-of-Killing https://booksandideas.net/The-Meaning-of-Killing 2018-03-22T08:00:00Z text/html en Nicolas Delon Philosophy death war Institut français abortion <p>Why do we consider killing and letting someone die to be two different things? Why do we believe that a doctor who refuses to treat a terminally ill patient is doing anything less than administering a lethal substance? After all, the consequences are the same, and perhaps the moral status of these acts should be judged accordingly.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-City-of-Tears https://booksandideas.net/The-City-of-Tears 2017-05-22T07:00:00Z text/html en Christophe Litwin Philosophy memory modernity ethics death Institut français <p>Ancient philosophy offered consolation for loss, separation, and death. Modern philosophy no longer does so, considering that it should limit its role to the quest for truth. This renunciation has, according to Michaël Fœssel, deep consequences for our current politics and their lack of any broader perspective.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Is-There-a-Difference-Between https://booksandideas.net/Is-There-a-Difference-Between 2014-04-14T07:30:00Z text/html en Marta Spranzi Society medicine ethics death Institut du monde contemporain <p>Active euthanasia, which is defined as the intentional act of causing the death of a patient experiencing great suffering, is illegal in France, whereas allowing patients to die is authorized by law under certain conditions. However, the distinction between the different end-of-life decisions that healthcare professionals can make is perhaps less clearly defined than we might think; administering a lethal injection is far from being the only method by which a doctor can ‘kill'.</p>