Although philosophers have written much about death, appreciating the nature and the value of the relationship of the living to our dead is an aspect of human life that we seem to have neglected. Like many feminist ethicists, I have argued explicitly for the value of relationships simpliciter, especially from the perspective of the ethics of care; I am influenced by philosophers including Virginia Held, who says that ‘‘to the ethics of care, our embeddedness in familial, social, and historical contexts is basic,’’ and Diana Meyers, who describes the relational self as ‘‘the interpersonally bonded self,’’ for whom ‘‘relationships are sources of moral identity.’’ And some metaphysicians have analyzed the ontology of dead persons as relata, including Niall Connelly and Palle Yourgrau, whose accounts I rely on in this

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与死者的真实（和）想象关系

尽管哲学家们写了很多关于死亡的文章，但欣赏生者与死者关系的本质和价值似乎是我们忽视的人类生活的一个方面。像许多女权主义伦理学家一样，我已经明确地主张简化关系的价值，尤其是从护理伦理的角度来看；我受到了包括弗吉尼亚·赫尔德在内的哲学家的影响，他说“对于护理伦理，我们对家庭、社会和历史背景的嵌入是基本的”，戴安娜·迈耶斯将关系自我描述为“人际关系紧密的个体”。自我，”对他们来说，“关系是道德认同的来源。”一些形而上学家将死者的本体论分析为关系，包括 Niall Connelly 和 Palle Yourgrau，我在这方面依赖他们的描述