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The true self and life after death in heaven
Stump, Eleonore
Stump, Eleonore
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Abstract
It is part of the traditional doctrine of the major monotheisms that there is life after death. This chapter considers the implications of the doctrine that there is life after death in heaven in order to focus on a different kind of question, a question not about the identity of a human being or the nature of the self but rather about the nature of the true self. Some people without disabilities confidently and kindly explain that in heaven no one will have any disability; as they see it, in the resurrection every disability will be removed, and the resurrected body of every person in heaven will be perfect. It is worth noting that if Frankfurt’s account of a person constitutes an acceptable account of the true self, then what perfects the true self in heaven is an entirely subjective matter. The notion of the self as narrative is rich and suggestive and it has been influential in philosophical discussion.
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Health, Social Care, Humanities, Social Sciences
Date
2021
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Book chapter
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Death, Immortality and Eternal Life
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65-81
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ACU Department
Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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© 2021 selection and editorial matter, T. Ryan Byerly; individual chapters, the contributors.