(July 11, 2015 at 2:59 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: ...
Pyrrho Wrote:There are things that are worse than dying
What things are worse than dying?
Being continuously tortured for life. I think that would be one that most people would agree with. In my case, I think not having a good life is worse than death, but I know that many will disagree with that. I have made a living will and have instructed my wife to have the doctors "pull the plug" as soon as it is legal to do so. I do not want to have a bad life, and have no fear of death. Once one is dead, nothing bad can happen to one. So I think a bad life is worse than death.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.