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Is death a bad thing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Mikel Burley

Abstract

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After examining arguments for and against the view that death is a bad thing, Mikel Burley tentatively endorses the Epicurean claim that death cannot rationally be judged bad. For moral reasons, however, this conclusion is acceptable only with regard to one's own death.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 6 , Issue 16 , Winter 2008 , pp. 59 - 68
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2008