A-time to die: A growing block account of the evil of death

J Robson - Philosophia, 2014 - Springer
Philosophia, 2014Springer
In this paper I argue that the growing block theory of time has rather surprising, and hitherto
unexplored, explanatory benefits when it comes to certain enduring philosophical puzzles
concerning death. In particular, I claim the growing block theorist has readily available and
convincing answers to the following questions:(i) Why is it an evil to be dead but not an evil
to be not yet born?(ii) How can death be an evil for the dead if they no longer exist to suffer
it?(iii) When is death an evil for the one who dies? The ability to give such answers is a …
Abstract
In this paper I argue that the growing block theory of time has rather surprising, and hitherto unexplored, explanatory benefits when it comes to certain enduring philosophical puzzles concerning death. In particular, I claim the growing block theorist has readily available and convincing answers to the following questions: (i) Why is it an evil to be dead but not an evil to be not yet born? (ii) How can death be an evil for the dead if they no longer exist to suffer it? (iii) When is death an evil for the one who dies? The ability to give such answers is a significant, but by no means decisive, advantage for the growing block view of time.
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