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    If more life is not always better, Nagel's premise that d... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Mortality is a misfortune (death is bad for us).

    If more life is not always better, Nagel's premise that death always deprives us of something good is false, and mortality need not be a universal misfortune.

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    • 1.A life of extreme suffering with no redemptive value is not made better by mere continuation, so more life isn't always good.
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    • 2.If death can be timely (ending a good life at its natural peak), then death sometimes prevents harm rather than causing it.
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    • 3.Nagel assumes the deprivation of future goods always outweighs present completion; but a finished life may have intrinsic value independent of duration.
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    • 1.Even lives with suffering contain goods (relationships, meaning, experiences) that death deprives us of, regardless of whether more is always better.
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    • 2.The claim 'more life isn't always better' doesn't establish that death causes no deprivation—only that deprivation's badness varies by context.
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    • 3.Mortality is a universal misfortune for beings with future-oriented desires because it thwarts all future possibilities for everyone equally.
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