On caring about one's posthumous reputation

Scarre, Geoffrey

Abstract

Focuses on the concern for posthumous celebrity. Efforts of some to be remembered after death; Triumph over death with the survival of the significance of ones work or deed; Caution on the foolishness of the effort if the deed does not promote good values.

Citation

Scarre, G. (2001). On caring about one's posthumous reputation. American Philosophical Quarterly, 38(2), 209-220

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2001-04
• Deposit Date: Apr 12, 2007
• Journal: American Philosophical Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0003-0481
• Electronic ISSN: 2152-1123
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 209-220
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1599249
• Publisher URL: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/apq.html