Question 1

According to subsequentism

Accepted Answer

A)  A person's death is bad for her after it occurs. 
B)  A person's death is bad for her at all times at which she occupies a well-being level of zero. 
C)  A person's death is bad for her at the moment she dies. 
D)  A person's death is bad for her at times at which she no longer occupies any well-being level. 
A)  A person's death is bad for her after it occurs. 
B)  A person's death is bad for her at all times at which she occupies a well-being level of zero. 
C)  A person's death is bad for her at the moment she dies. 
D)  A person's death is bad for her at times at which she no longer occupies any well-being level. A

Question 2

According to atemporalism

Accepted Answer

A)  A person's death does not occur at any time. 
B)  A person's death is bad for her, but there is no time at which she occupies any well-being level. 
C)  A person's death is not bad for her, but there is a time at which it is bad for her. 
D)  A person's death is bad for her, but there is no time at which it is bad for her. 
A)  A person's death does not occur at any time. 
B)  A person's death is bad for her, but there is no time at which she occupies any well-being level. 
C)  A person's death is not bad for her, but there is a time at which it is bad for her. 
D)  A person's death is bad for her, but there is no time at which it is bad for her. D

Question 3

According to the Future Well-Being Argument

Accepted Answer

A)  Although a person's death is detrimental to her well-being after it occurs, it is not bad for her. 
B)  Since a person's death is not detrimental to her well-being after it occurs, it is not bad for her. 
C)  A person's death is detrimental to her well-being before it occurs, but not after it occurs. 
D)  Since a person's death is not detrimental to her lifetime well-being, it is not bad for her. 
A)  Although a person's death is detrimental to her well-being after it occurs, it is not bad for her. 
B)  Since a person's death is not detrimental to her well-being after it occurs, it is not bad for her. 
C)  A person's death is detrimental to her well-being before it occurs, but not after it occurs. 
D)  Since a person's death is not detrimental to her lifetime well-being, it is not bad for her. B

Question 4

What is Epicureanism? What is the Timing Argument? What is subsequentism and how is it supposed to undermine the Timing Argument? How can subsequentism be supported? What is atemporalism and how is it supposed to undermine the Timing Argument? How can atemporalism be supported? Is subsequentism more plausible than, equally plausible as, or less plausible than atemporalism? Why?

Accepted Answer

Epicureanism is a philosophical system f

Question 5

Johansson accepts

Accepted Answer

A)  The Timing Argument but not the Future Well-Being Argument. 
B)  The Future Well-Being Argument but not the Timing Argument. 
C)  Neither the Timing Argument nor the Future Well-Being Argument. 
D)  Both the Timing Argument and the Future Well-Being Argument. 
A)  The Timing Argument but not the Future Well-Being Argument. 
B)  The Future Well-Being Argument but not the Timing Argument. 
C)  Neither the Timing Argument nor the Future Well-Being Argument. 
D)  Both the Timing Argument and the Future Well-Being Argument.

Question 6

How does Johansson argue against the Future Well-Being Argument? How could an Epicurean try to respond to his criticism? Is Johansson's criticism convincing? Why/why not?

Accepted Answer

Johansson argues against the Future Well

Question 7

According to the Timing Argument

Accepted Answer

A)  A person's death is bad for her, but it does not harm her. 
B)  A person's death is bad for her, but there is no time at which it is bad for her. 
C)  Since there is no time at which a person's death is bad for her, her death is not bad for her. 
D)  Since a person's death is not bad for her, there is no time at which it is bad for her. 
A)  A person's death is bad for her, but it does not harm her. 
B)  A person's death is bad for her, but there is no time at which it is bad for her. 
C)  Since there is no time at which a person's death is bad for her, her death is not bad for her. 
D)  Since a person's death is not bad for her, there is no time at which it is bad for her.

Exam 9: Two Arguments for Epicureanism

According to subsequentism

According to atemporalism

According to the Future Well-Being Argument

Johansson accepts

How does Johansson argue against the Future Well-Being Argument? How could an Epicurean try to respond to his criticism? Is Johansson's criticism convincing? Why/why not?

According to the Timing Argument

Defining Death

Defining Death in a Technological World

We Die When Entropy Overwhelms Homeostasis

What It Is to Die

The Tragic Sense of Life Excerpts

Can We Survive Our Deaths

The Possibility of an Afterlife

Letter to Menoeceus

Why Death Is Not Bad for the One Who Dies

Death Is Bad for Us When Were Dead

Making Death Not Quite As Bad for the One Who Dies

On the Nature of Things Excerpts

If You Want to Die Later, Then Why Dont You Want to Have Been Born Earlier

Coming Into and Going Out of Existence

The Epic of Gilgamesh Excerpts

The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die

How to Live a Never-Ending Novela

Taking Stock of the Risks of Life Without Death

Immortality, Boredom, and Standing for Something

Death, Mortality, and Meaning

Fitting Attitudes Towards Deprivations

The Enchiridion Excerpts

Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion Excerpts

Voluntary Death Excerpts

Letter to Lucilius

Why Grieve

The Significance of Future Generations

Death and Survival Online

Whether One Is Allowed to Kill Oneself Excerpts

Of Suicide Excerpts

Suicide Is Sometimes Rational and Morally Defensible

Suicide and Its Discontents

An Irrational Suicide

World As Will and Representation Excerpts

Death in Mind

Meaning in Life in Spite of Death

Out of the Blue Into the Black

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