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Jun 12, 2012 lively interview with yale university philosopher shelly kagan about death, the subject of his popular yale course and new book. Shelly kagan is clark professor of philosophy at yale. In this provocative analysis kagan maintains that despite the intuitive appeal of these views, they cannot be adequately defended. This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we.
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