Fear Of Death Analysis
Death is inevitable; People are all going to die at one point. Kagan in his book asks whether there is life after death. Since death comes after life, it paves for life again or is it eternity. Kagan thinks that death can be, and very often is, bad for the person who dies (and this is so because death deprives that person of the goods of life). However, Kagan denies that death is not bad. It is reasonable or appropriate for people to fear death. Kagan claims that only if people have three conditions. The first is the object of fear is bad. People are fear of death because of the badness of death. Death is defined as a bad thing because if people died, all things will not exist. If a person does afraid of one thing, the thing must be bad. Put
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Epicurus also believed that death was not to be feared. The two writers list four reasons. People do not know what it's like to be dead. Nobody knows the feeling of death; therefore there is no need to fear of death. And we cannot say death is bad. In addition, the writer talks about the relationship between mortal and immortal. It will be boring if a person is mortal and never die. This is called the deprivation of death. If people do not want to live immortal, it is not necessary to fear of death. The third reason is people are worried about dying in a young age. Another possible answer is people are fear of dying in the near future. However, now science and technology are developed. Almost everyone lives healthy nowadays. If a person is health, then he or she does not need to be fear of death. Kagan and Epicurus, explore the thought-provoking part of death. Life after death could be a myth meaning the only important part of human life is when someone is alive. It is then clear of his existence. Could gauge him on his identity and see the effect of his living. As everyone waits for his death, as everyone also experiences the death of other people they become aware of the importance of existence. One’s existence is same as one’s death. The version of understanding both beliefs and values of a person, range from the mentality pursued within the articulation of the same
Epicurus also believed that death was not to be feared. The two writers list four reasons. People do not know what it's like to be dead. Nobody knows the feeling of death; therefore there is no need to fear of death. And we cannot say death is bad. In addition, the writer talks about the relationship between mortal and immortal. It will be boring if a person is mortal and never die. This is called the deprivation of death. If people do not want to live immortal, it is not necessary to fear of death. The third reason is people are worried about dying in a young age. Another possible answer is people are fear of dying in the near future. However, now science and technology are developed. Almost everyone lives healthy nowadays. If a person is health, then he or she does not need to be fear of death. Kagan and Epicurus, explore the thought-provoking part of death. Life after death could be a myth meaning the only important part of human life is when someone is alive. It is then clear of his existence. Could gauge him on his identity and see the effect of his living. As everyone waits for his death, as everyone also experiences the death of other people they become aware of the importance of existence. One’s existence is same as one’s death. The version of understanding both beliefs and values of a person, range from the mentality pursued within the articulation of the same