PHIL-360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-9: Rational Basis Review, Epicurus, Causality
31 Oct 2016
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Chapter 8: epicurus and the evil of death [127] Death is standardly though of as the worst misfortune that can befall a person, but epicurus argued that this was not so. Epicurus"s argument against the evil of death [128] Difficulties for the first version of the argument [133] Distinction: intrinsic bads (bad in themselves for an epicurean, only pain qualifies) vs. extrinsic bads (bad because of what they cause). Not intrinsically (because it"s enjoyable) but extrinsically because of what results (stomach pain: feldman: poisoned candy (same point) If we take (4) to mean that being dead is not intrinsically bad, then this is obviously true, but also no surprise. But furthermore, it doesn"t rule out the possibility that being dead is extrinsically bad. Cp: if something is extrinsically bad for a person, then it is bad for him or her because it leads to later intrinsic bads for him or her.
