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    On the deprivation account (Nagel, Feldman), death is bad... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→It might be possible to make death not bad for us by suitably preparing ourselves.

    On the deprivation account (Nagel, Feldman), death is bad because it forecloses goods the person would otherwise have enjoyed, a fact that obtains independently of what desires the person currently holds.

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    Key Terms

    Deprivation account(as used in the philosophy of death and harm)
    A theory that says something is bad for you because it takes away good things you would have had otherwise, not because it causes you pain or suffering right now.
    Feldman(as a key philosopher cited in this theory)
    Fred Feldman is a philosopher who studies ethics and has written extensively about what makes death bad for the person who dies.
    Forecloses(as used in discussions of free will and constraint)
    Closes off or eliminates a possibility, making it no longer available or achievable.
    Nagel(as a key philosopher cited in this theory)
    Thomas Nagel is a famous American philosopher known for thinking deeply about consciousness, death, and what makes life meaningful.
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