For most people, death is no laughing matter. Rather, thought of it inspires dread.
The existential philosopher Martin Heidegger asserts as much, maintaining that even
ordinary human anxieties are grounded in our fear of death, a fear that most people
attempt to elude by engaging in evasive behaviors, behaviors he refers to as “inauthentic”
modes of being (40). According to Heidegger, MORE
