Death Stings Back: A Reply to Sorensen
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-2006
Abstract
Lucretius argues that death does not harm the person who dies. Harm could occur only if a person’s future non-existence were harmful. But one’s future non-existence is no more harmful than one’s non-existence before birth. Since a person is not harmed by lacking existence before birth, one is not harmed by lacking existence after dying.
Keywords
Death, existence, non-existence
Discipline
Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Analysis
Volume
66
Issue
1
First Page
82
Last Page
92
ISSN
0003-2638
Identifier
10.1093/analys/66.1.82
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
NOWACKI, Mark.(2006). Death Stings Back: A Reply to Sorensen. Analysis, 66(1), 82-92.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/113
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/66.1.82