Question 1

According to the Epicurean Argument

Accepted Answer

A)  You should fear death because it is bad for you. 
B)  You should fear death even though it is not bad for you. 
C)  You shouldn't fear death because it is not bad for you. 
D)  You shouldn't fear death even though it is bad for you. 
A)  You should fear death because it is bad for you. 
B)  You should fear death even though it is not bad for you. 
C)  You shouldn't fear death because it is not bad for you. 
D)  You shouldn't fear death even though it is bad for you. C

Question 2

The argument involving Bjorn and Sven is supposed to show

Accepted Answer

A)  That nothing is good or bad for anyone. 
B)  That death is always harmful. 
C)  That getting a massage is just as bad as dying. 
D)  None of the above 
A)  That nothing is good or bad for anyone. 
B)  That death is always harmful. 
C)  That getting a massage is just as bad as dying. 
D)  None of the above D

Question 3

Draper would object to Bradley's view by saying

Accepted Answer

A)  Death cannot be a misfortune if it is unfitting to worry about it 
B)  Existential terror is rationally required 
C)  Bradley is committed to endorsing voluntary euthanasia 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Death cannot be a misfortune if it is unfitting to worry about it 
B)  Existential terror is rationally required 
C)  Bradley is committed to endorsing voluntary euthanasia 
D)  All of the above A

Question 4

What is the deprivation view of the badness of death? What is Bradley's view about the fittingness of fearing death if the deprivation view is true? Present, explain and evaluate one of Bradley's arguments for his view.

Accepted Answer

The deprivation view of the badness of d

Question 5

According to the deprivation account

Accepted Answer

A)  Death is instrumentally bad 
B)  Death is intrinsically bad 
C)  Death is intrinsically good and intrinsically bad 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Death is instrumentally bad 
B)  Death is intrinsically bad 
C)  Death is intrinsically good and intrinsically bad 
D)  None of the above

Question 6

What is the deprivation view of the badness of death? What is Bradley's view about the fittingness of fearing death if the deprivation view is true? What is the most serious problem for Bradley's view, and does that problem refute Bradley's view?

Accepted Answer

The deprivation view of the badness of d

Question 7

According to Bradley

Accepted Answer

A)  You should have no preference about living or dying. 
B)  You should prefer more of a good life, but you shouldn't fear death. 
C)  You should be afraid of death because of what it prevents. 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  You should have no preference about living or dying. 
B)  You should prefer more of a good life, but you shouldn't fear death. 
C)  You should be afraid of death because of what it prevents. 
D)  None of the above.

Question 8

Bradley objects to the fittingness of existential terror on the grounds that

Accepted Answer

A)  The soul is immortal so people do not go out of existence 
B)  Existential terror can be induced by defective playing cards 
C)  You can't control the time of your death so there is no reason to worry about it 
D)  None of the above 
E)  All of the above 
A)  The soul is immortal so people do not go out of existence 
B)  Existential terror can be induced by defective playing cards 
C)  You can't control the time of your death so there is no reason to worry about it 
D)  None of the above 
E)  All of the above

Exam 22: Fitting Attitudes Towards Deprivations

According to the Epicurean Argument

The argument involving Bjorn and Sven is supposed to show

Draper would object to Bradley's view by saying

What is the deprivation view of the badness of death? What is Bradley's view about the fittingness of fearing death if the deprivation view is true? Present, explain and evaluate one of Bradley's arguments for his view.

According to the deprivation account

What is the deprivation view of the badness of death? What is Bradley's view about the fittingness of fearing death if the deprivation view is true? What is the most serious problem for Bradley's view, and does that problem refute Bradley's view?

According to Bradley

Bradley objects to the fittingness of existential terror on the grounds that

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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

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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

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

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Immortality, Boredom, and Standing for Something

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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

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Death in Mind

Meaning in Life in Spite of Death

Out of the Blue Into the Black

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