Seminars in Moral Philosophy Week 2 HT09
| Event Name | Seminars in Moral Philosophy Week 2 HT09 |
| Start Date | 26th Jan 2009 4:30pm |
| End Date | 26th Jan 2009 6:30pm |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Description | Jens Johansson (Oxford) ' Temporalism About Death's Badness' to be held in the Lecture Room, 10 Merton Street, Oxford - Seminars in Moral Philosophy webpage Abstract According to the deprivation approach to the evil of death, a person’s death is bad for her insofar as it deprives her of goods that she would have enjoyed if she had continued to live. This view faces the following Epicurean problem: *When* is death bad for its victim? On the most fruitful interpretation, this question challenges us to specify a time at which the person is worse off than she would have been if her death had not occurred. I argue that there is no moment, but many periods of time at which she is worse off. And I argue that this is all we need in order to meet the challenge. |
