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Steven Nadler on Spinoza on Death

Philosophy Bites

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Is It Rational to Prefer a Longer Life Than a Shorter One?

Death doesn't give you license to throw yourself into the moment, he says. Spinoza scholars have puzzled over his views on euthanasia and suicide. There's a perfectly good spinaistic argument for euthanasia, as long as it's done with full recognition of the circumstances,. And that person who makes choice is doing so with informed and voluntary consent.

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