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Shelly Kagan on Death and Deprivation

Philosophy Bites

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Is Death a Deprivation?

Death deprives us of something, but that's not the only reason why it is bad. There are other aspects of death which arguably augment its badness. Nigel: It's not just that i'm going to die, it's that death could happen any time at all. I could suffer a brain aneuism as it were conducting this interview, and i could just die. If there were death free times, that would be a relief.

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