PHIL 102 Lecture Notes - Deductive Reasoning, Lucretius, If And Only If
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Does death deprive s of the intrinsic goods of life? note: this is an objection-reply format, which is super common in philosophy and is meant to re ne the proposed theory. Nagel thinks that the thesis is true simple goods are not the only type of good that exists. The objection assumes that all intrinsic goods are simple goods. The third assumption only works if you think of intrinsic goods as simple goods. However, some intrinsic goods aren"t simple, but are relational (simple goods is not the term used by nagel) Simple goods is a state whose goodness consists in s"s experience of it. The only good part of it is its experience. Hedonism implies the assumption that all intrinsic goods are simple; but not that all simple goods are intrinsic. He says that if someone talks behind your back, you aren"t aware of it so you aren"t harmed.
