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Epicurus, Death, and the Wrongness of Killing

机译:伊壁鸠鲁,死亡和杀戮的错误

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This article questions the assumption, held by several philosophers, that the Epicurean argument for death's being "nothing to us" must be fallacious since its acceptance would undermine the principle that killing is (in general) wrong. Two possible strategies are considered, which the Epicurean-sympathizer might deploy in order to show that the non-badness of death (for the person who dies) is compatible with killing's being wrong. One of these is unsuccessful; the other is more promising. It involves arguing that the wrongness of killing is a "basic moral certainty" and hence requires no underpinning by the judgement that death is bad. Problems for this proposal, and possible responses to those problems, are considered. Though the strategy is not decisive, it is deemed to be one that the Epicurean could plausibly adopt.
机译:本文质疑一些哲学家的假设,即伊壁鸠鲁关于死亡是“对我们没有任何东西”的论点必须是谬误的,因为对死亡的接受将破坏杀戮(通常)是错误的原则。考虑了两种可能的策略,伊壁鸠鲁同情者可能会采用这些策略,以表明死亡的非致命性(对于死者而言)与谋杀的错误是相容的。其中之一是不成功的。另一个更有希望。它涉及争论杀人的错误是“基本的道德确定性”,因此不需要以死亡为坏的判断为依据。考虑了该提案的问题以及对这些问题的可能解决方案。尽管该策略不是决定性的,但它被认为是Epicurean可以合理采用的策略。

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  • 来源
    《Inquiry》 |2010年第1期|68-86|共19页
  • 作者

    MIKEL BURLEY;

  • 作者单位

    Department of Philosophy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK;

  • 收录信息 美国《科学引文索引》(SCI);
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