"Why Is Death Bad?" Self-Quiz

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. What makes deaths badness different from pains badness, according to Brueckner and Fischer?

Deaths badness doesnt require experience correct incorrect

Pain is always bad correct incorrect

We have no asymmetric attitudes toward pain correct incorrect

There is no such difference, according to Brueckner and Fischer correct incorrect

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. What makes death bad, for Brueckner and Fischer?

We dont like death, so when it happens it is bad for us correct incorrect

Death is painful correct incorrect

Death deprives one of good things in life correct incorrect

Nonexistence is itself bad, and death is a form of nonexistence correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a problem for the deprivation account of deaths badness?

Death is an experiential blank, so it involves no bad experiences correct incorrect

We have asymmetric attitudes toward prenatal nonexistence and death correct incorrect

Death doesnt always deprive one of good things correct incorrect

We have symmetric attitudes toward prenatal nonexistence and death correct incorrect

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. Why is the claim it is logically impossible that one should be born earlier a problem for the asymmetry argument, according to Brueckner and Fischer?

Because in this case, our attitudes toward prenatal nonexistence and death arent asymmetric correct incorrect

Because in this case, prenatal nonexistence doesnt deprive one of anything correct incorrect

Because in this case, death doesnt deprive one of anything correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Parfit suggests which of the following principles is false?

It is always irrational to have symmetric attitudes toward (comparable) past and future bads correct incorrect

It is always irrational to have symmetric attitudes toward (comparable) past and future goods correct incorrect

It is always rational to have symmetric attitudes toward (comparable) past and future bads correct incorrect

It is always rational to have symmetric attitudes toward (comparable) past and future goods correct incorrect

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. For Brueckner and Fischer, death isnt always bad.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Brueckner and Fischer argue that death can be an experiential blank but still be bad.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. According to Brueckner and Fischer, it is logically impossible that someone should have been born substantially earlier and be the same person.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect