L30 Phil 131F Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Epicureanism, Epicurus, Atomism
12 Dec 2018
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Typical assumption: death is a permanent, experiential blank. There is a difference between death and the process of dying. A few concerns that stem from the question is death bad? . If death is bad, it must be for some other reason than that it causes pain. Epicurus - epicureanism states that death can never be bad for the one who dies. Epicureanism is usually considered the idea that a gluttonous life is best (eating gourmet foods and drinking vintage wines), but this is not the case. Epicurus says that you need a few close friends and good relationships to live a happy life. Nagel - deprivation approach says that death is bad insofar as it deprives a person of goods. Allows for cases when death could be good (if it doesn"t deprive someone of goods) Atomism: everything is made up of indivisible material parts (atoms). Therefore, there can be no afterlife, because when we die, the atoms simply disperse.
