Joshua Glasgow's guest appearances

Joshua Glasgow

The Michael Shermer Show

The Dissenter

Stuart Russell

Frans de Waal

Steven Pinker

David Sloan Wilson

Lee McIntyre

Erez Yoeli

Robert Trivers

Agustín Fuentes

Nancy Segal

Michele Gelfand

Michael Shermer

Moshe Hoffman

David Buss

Peter Richerson

Robert Pennock

OwlTail

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#485 Joshua Glasgow - The Solace: Finding Value in Death through Gratitude for Life

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.

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.

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