Definition of Death
• Terms Related Death
• Society and Culture
• Language
Death
• Permanent loss of biological functions of a living
organism
Death
• It has meaning to different cultures, an example is
afterlife
Senescence
• Living thing survives calamities, but dies to old age
Cause of Human Death
• Infectious Diseases
• Obesity and Aging
• Hunger
• Deficiences in Micronutrients
Autopsy
• Surgical procedure to examine the death of a
living organism
Cryonics
• Low temperature preservation of animals and
humans
Galen Strawson
• Death is painless, instant or unexperienced
annhilation.
Biology
• Organisms unable to adapt change will most likely
die first
Extinction
• Termination of an organism or a group, usually
species.
Society and Culture
Suicide
•An act of taking’s one own life
voluntarily
Suicide in different cultures
• Japanese = Seppuku
• Christian/Judaism = SIN
Capital Punishment
• Death penalty
• Punishment for a crime
Capital Punishment in China
• Human Trafficking
• Serious cases of corruption
Religious Perspectives
Buddhism
• Rare Opportunity to escape samsara
Judaism
• People who come in contact are impure
Language around death
Death
• Old English / deap
• Proto-Indo-European – condition of dying
Language in China
• The Number 4 and Death
• Pin Yin
Symbols
• A Corpse, set or remains, skeleton
• Ashes after Cremation
Neuroscience of Religion
Neuroscience of Religion
• Explains religious experience and behavior in
neuroscientific terms.
Aldous Huxley
• Sometimes used Neurotheology in a less scientist
context
Neurotheology according to Laurence O.
McKinney
• The basis of religious inquiry in relatively recent
developmental neurophysiology
Andrew B. Newberg
• the sensation that Buddhists call oneness with the
universe
Neurotheology according to Eugen
Drewermann
• Developed Modern Neurology and the Question of God
Neurotheology according to Eugen
Drewermann
• that neurotheology should be conceived and practiced within a theological
framework
Meaning of Life
Meaning of Life
• pertains to the significance of living or existence in
general
Scientific Inquiry and Perspectives
• Focuses on Big Bang, origin of life and evolution
Nature of meaning of life
a. Reker and Wong
• Define personal meaning as the cognizance of
order
b. Martela and Steger
• Defined life as coherence, purpose and
significance
Four components
•. You need to choose a worthy purpose or a
significant life goal
• You need to have sufficient understanding of who
you are
• You alone are responsible for your decisions in life
• You will enjoy significance when you pursue a life-
goal
Western Philosophical
Perspectives
Plato=Platonism
• Meaning of life is attaining the highest form of
knowledge
Aristotle=
Aristotelianism
• Ethical Knowledge is not certain knowledge, but
general knowledge
Absurdism
Absurdism
• belief that human beings exist in a purposeless,
chaotic universe.
Soran Kierkegaard
• A Danish Philosopher who wrote about the
“Absurd”
Absurd
• or to act by virtue of the absurd, is to act upon
faith
Albert Camus
• Considered absurdity as a conflict or a “divorce” of
two ideas
Albert Camus
• suicide is a "confession" that life is simply not
worth living.
The Myth of Sisyphus
• Absurd hero who showed his beliefs about human
condition
Meaning of Life According to
Kierkegaard
• Believed that there is no human comprehensible purpose of God.
Meaning of Life according to Camus
• the beauty that people encounter in life makes it
worth living.
A Meaning-Centered
Approach to Addiction and
Recovery
Addiction and Recovery
• Addiction is more than a disease, which can harm
society
Four Pillar Solution by Vancouver
• 1.Prevention- education about how to avoid drugs
and addiction
Four Pillar Solution by Vancouver
• 2.Treatment- Support programs enabling addicts
to make healthier decision
Four Pillar Solution by Vancouver
• 3. Enforcement- more police to target more drug
dealers
Pharmacotherapy
• Therapy that involves surgery, radiation and
physical therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
• To change behaviors or thinking of people’s
difficulties in life
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
• Used to treat a variety of mental health disorders.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy
• Is a counseling approach that helps stop their drug
usage
Supportive-Expressive Psychotherapy
• is an evidence-based, psychodynamic
psychotherapy for severe disorders
Pure Strategy of pursuing a meaningful life
• Purpose- motivational component, goals, directions objective
• Understanding – the cognitive component, understanding one’s own
identity and others
• Responsible action – moral & behavioral
component, right solutions
• Enjoyment/Evaluation- affective component, degree of satisfaction and
dissatisfaction
