Immortality

Question 1

Mortality (4)

Answer 1

Bad to die as deprives us of good things - good to never die? 2)weak imm - someone could live forever - strong imm - impossible for someone to die 3) weak morta - we are not going to live forever. strong mor - doomed to die 4) we have weak mor and strong imm - life at constant threat of all plans being destroyed

Question 2

Would it be good to live forever? (2)

Answer 2

Evil of death deprives us of pleasure and positive experiences - if better that you are getting more pleasure than suffering good to continue living 2) but with youth which could be metaphysically possible

Question 3

William’s dilemma (3)

Answer 3

1) Eternal life would eventually get boring - you’d get bored of interests 2) if interests changed youd be a different person and living multiple lives - want to continue living same life so if changed immortality would have no point 3)be grateful for mortality either way

Question 4

Discussion to william (3)

Answer 4

1)not true would get bored of memory - short memory - forget what happened in books - so just as good reading original ones - be pointless from outside though? 2)have feeble intellect compared to archangel - does not imply life is pointless or absurd 3)bad thing to change? don’t have same character as we did when child - take into account our changing preferences we have when older - want tattoo later

Question 5

What immortality would mean - procrast problem

Answer 5

If immortal have no urgency - would never start anything difficult as have eternity to do it 2)immortality would sap motivation and make us lazy 3)but immortality wouldn’t mean we have to work or get a job - so would start difficult projects