Death, Badness, and the Impossibility of Experience |
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Authors: | John Martin Fischer |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0201, USA |
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Abstract: | Some have argued (following Epicurus) that death cannot be a bad thing for an individual who dies. They contend that nothing can be a bad for an individual unless the individual is able to experience it as bad. I argue against this Epicurean view, offering examples of things that an individual cannot experience as bad but are nevertheless bad for the individual. Further, I argue that death is relevantly similar. |
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Keywords: | death badness harm deprivation experience Epicurus |
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