死亡是所有人無可逃脫的一項事實。本文先析論人面對死亡可能產生焦慮的原因。從而指出這種焦慮並非單憑心理學或精神科學的知識與技術便足以回應，尚且需要訴諸哲學從價值理性的面向提供的相關洞見，以達致全人的療癒。然而，這不意味人們在面對死亡時的焦慮可以一勞永逸地被解決，反而這不可抹除的死亡焦慮本身含藏著關於我們自身處境的意義。故本文提供幾個重要哲學家對於死亡或死亡焦慮的觀點，並試圖從中分析出這些觀點在省思人們自身處境上所具有的積極意涵，以期提供現代人在面對死亡焦慮時的借鏡。

Death is an inevitable fact for all of us. Here we analyze what possibly causes the anxiety in the face of death. Then it is pointed out this anxiety requires not only the knowledge and techniques of psychology and psychiatric science but also some philosophical insights from approach of value reason so as to achieve whole person healing. However, it does not mean the anxiety one feels in face of death can be solved once and for all. Instead, the unremovable anxiety about death contains meaning of our own condition. Therefore, here we offer a few important philosophers’ perspectives about death and death anxiety, in wishes to analyze the positive meaning of these perspectives regarding the reflection on the condition of mankind and provide modern people with an example about the confrontation with death anxiety.