"Death" Self-Quiz

. Which of the following best describes what Nagel means by the term "death"?

The process of dying

Non-existence

Unconsciousness

Permanent non-existence

. Why do some people hold that death isn't bad, according to Nagel?

They argue that in certain cases, death actually relieves one of suffering

They argue that death merely deprives one of life, which has no value in itself

They argue that death is simply an experiential blank, so it has no value at all

All of the above

. If death is an evil, for Nagel, this is because it is . . .

A state of non-existence

A loss of life

Often premature

Experienced as bad by its sufferers

. Why does Nagel reject the notion that people only fear death because they try and fail to imagine what it is like to be dead?

Nagel doesn't reject this notion

This suggests that death is a state, and death isn't a state

People also can't imagine what it is like to be unconscious but unconsciousness itself isn't scary

People can imagine what it is like to be dead

. Which of the following isn't a problem Nagel considers for his thesis?

The idea that something can only be bad for someone if he or she experience it

The notion that for many people we can live beyond our deaths

The idea that there is no subject for death to be bad for

The asymmetry between our attitudes toward prenatal and posthumous nonexistence

. Death is bad, for Nagel, because of its positive features, like the pain it causes.

True

False

. According to Nagel, the value of life attaches to mere organic survival.

True

False

. Nagel rejects the idea that death is bad because it is a period of nonexistence.

True

False

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