PHIL 1100 Lecture 25: Philosophy Lecture 25
18 Jul 2016
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The reason death is bad because it cuts off our ability to fulfill our desires/goals. Yet immortality would also be bad because we would fulfill our projects and would not be a stable singular person. A life worth living is a life that has goals/desires/projects/plans. If someone were to live forever, they would get bored. Williams has a strict idea of continuity for the self. Goals and projects can change even over the span of an ordinary lifetime. Maybe particular goals, but not general goals (ie. be a better person, be good at all forms of art, want to have more experience) Is it right to think that all goals/plans would get satisfied. Williams believes timing is everything; death can cut too short, yet immortality would be too long. The perfect death would be when you are perfectly satisfied. The mood of meaninglessness: the thought that nothing really matters in the big picture.
