Bernard Williams's argument that categorical desires ground the badness of death implies that transformed late-life desires—including desires to reminisce—are no less authentically one's own.

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Authentically one's own(whether changed desires still count as truly belonging to the person): Genuinely belonging to you and reflecting your true self, rather than being fake or imposed by someone else.
Bernard Williams(as a defender of Humean philosophy): A late 20th-century British philosopher who wrote influential works on ethics, questioning whether morality can be truly objective and exploring the role of personal projects and desires in a good life.
Categorical desires(Williams's key concept about what makes life worth living): Desires that give your life direction and meaning—things you care about for their own sake, not just as a way to pass time (like wanting to learn, create, or help others).
Ground/grounds (philosophical sense)(Williams argues categorical desires are the foundation for why death is bad): To be the underlying reason or basis for something; to explain why something is true or real.

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