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1、Death:Lecture1TranscriptJanuary16,2007ProfessorShellyKagan:Allright,sothisisPhilosophy176.Theclassisondeath.MynameisShellyKagan.TheveryfirstthingIwanttodoistoinviteyoutocallmeShelly.Thatis,ifwemeetonthestreet,youcometalktomeduringofficehours,youasksomequestion;Shelly'sthenamethatIrespondto.Iwi
2、ll,eventually,respondtoProfessorKagan,butthesynapsesSynapse:神经原的神经线连接,神经键takeabitlongerforthat.It'snotthenameIimmediatelyrecognize.Ihavefoundthatovertheyears,fewerandfewerstudentsfeelcomfortablecallingmeShelly.WhenIwasyoung,itseemedtowork.NowI'mgrayandaugustAugust:令人敬畏的,威严的.Butifyou'recomforta
3、blewithit,it'sthenamethatIprefertobecalledby.Now,asIsay,thisisaclassondeath.Butit'saphilosophyclass,andwhatthatmeansisthatthesetoftopicsthatwe'regoingtobetalkingaboutinthisclassarenotidenticaltoNotidenticalto:和……不同thetopicsthatotherclassesondeathmighttrytocover.SothefirstthingIwanttodoissaysom
4、ethingaboutthethingswewon'tbetalkingaboutthatyoumightreasonablyexpectorhopethataclassondeathwouldtalkabout,sothatifthisisnottheclassyouwerelookingfor,youstillhavetimetogocheckoutsomeotherclass.Soherearesomethingsthataclassondeathcouldcoverthatwewon'ttalkabout.WhatIprimarilyhaveinmindaresortofp
5、sychologicalandsociologicalquestionsaboutthenatureofdeath,orthephenomenonofdeath.So,aclassondeathmightwellhaveadiscussionoftheprocessofdyingandcomingtoreconcileReconcile:使和谐,使一致yourselfwiththefactthatyou'regoingtodie.SomeofyoumayknowaboutElisabethKübler-Ross'discussionoftheso-calledfivestageso
6、fdying.There'sdenialDenial:否定的,andthenthere'sanger,andthenthere'sbargainingBargaining:讨价还价,交涉.Iactuallydon'trememberthefivestages.We'renotgoingtotalkaboutthat.Similarly,we'renotgoingtotalkaboutthefuneralindustryFuneralindustry:殡葬行业inAmericaandhowitripsoffRipoff:撕掉people,whichitdoes,intheirmome
7、ntsofgriefGrief:悲伤andweaknessandoverchargesthemforthevariousthingsthatitoffers.We'renotgoingtotalkaboutthat.We'renotgoingtotalkabouttheprocessofgrievingorbereavementBereavement:丧失亲人,丧亲之痛.We'renotgoingtotalkaboutsociologicalattitudesthat