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    It is not the case that A philosopher should welcome death.

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    • 1.Epicurus argued death is the cessation of all experience, making it neither good nor bad for the one who dies.
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    • 2.If death is neither beneficial nor harmful to the philosopher, welcoming it — as opposed to being indifferent to it — is an irrational attitude.
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    • 3.Heidegger further argues authentically confronting death requires full engagement with finite existence, not its dismissal or eager anticipation.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Socrates' argument presupposes soul-body dualism, which Aristotle and most contemporary philosophers of mind reject as metaphysically unwarranted.
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    • 2.Without an immaterial soul that survives bodily death, death cannot emancipate anything, collapsing the foundation of welcoming death.
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    Reasons Against

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    • Death emancipates the souls of those who are good in this life to a great afterlife.
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