PHL281H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lucretius, Epicureanism, De Rerum Natura
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With the end of life though, we are taking an inner view. With the fetus, there is no inner view in the very early stages of its development. We aren"t concerned with the fetus" understanding of its situation like we are with people who are alive: we are thinking of the rst personal perspective now. We are thinking of whether and how we should understand death as bene tting or harming us. Now, we switch from the value of life independently of the perspective of the one living it, to the value of the life for the person. As we mature, we come to recognize our mortality. What should we make of it for ourselves: personal value of a life. Monday, february 8, 2016: subjective value of the life to that person. Is death always a harm to the one who dies: this is a default assumption that we all want to avoid death.
