Significance of death

Question 1

Importance of death in human culture: (3)

Answer 1

1)murder most grave crimes, death penalty worse punishment 2)do anything to avoid death - eat companions, undergo horrible procedures 3)resource that go into funeral rites and monuments - taj mahal

Question 2

What makes death important

Answer 2

1) Not the most important feature of human condition - scrimbles 2)But has destructive power - I) lives are finite - limited good things we can do in life ii) lives in constant peril - die at any point - different to dying at set point 3) aware of fact we will die - makes difference to decision making and rasoning