PHILOS 1E03 Chapter : "Is Death An Evil" (Makropulos Case)
13 Apr 2013
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Williams wants to argue that immortality--or a life without death--would be meaningless, or that death gives meaning to life. Let us call this position the makropolus position: Makropolus position: that death gives life meaning, and that an immortal life would be meaningless. Williams begins by presenting two arguments in favor of an opposing position, one which we have called in class the epicurean view: In this article, however, and in a majority of the others we will be looking at, we are primarily concerned with whether death is an evil. So we have left discussion of whether death is a good alone for now. However, do notice that the following discussion could be run concerning death as good, as opposed to evil. You might see for yourself whether you think parallel moves can be made if someone were to try to argue that death was a good thing, and consider why someone might think this. )
