Explain thomas nagels first objection to rosenbaums argument

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1.) Explain why, on the assumption that death results in our annihilation, Rosenbaum thinks it's impossible for our being dead to be bad for us (bracketing the possibility of a bad afterlife).

2.) Explain Rosenbaum's defense of his view about when things are bad for us. In my lecture, this comes from minutes 9-13. In the article, it comes on pages 38-39 (using the written numbers on the top right). Try to develop your own examples to help make and understand Rosenbaum's case.

3.) Explain Thomas Nagel's first objection to Rosenbaum's argument and Rosenbaum's response to this objection. In the lecture, this comes in the section starting at 31.24. In the reading, the objection & response dynamic in question appears at the bottom of page 41 (again using the top right numbering).

4.) Journaling: provide some open-ended reflection on Rosenbaum's article, its arguments, or themes. There are a lot of ways you could develop this. For just a few examples, you could reflect on Rosenbaum's theory of well-being, you could provide your own reflection on what well-being consists in, you could reflect on your own attitudes toward death, fear of death, discuss the possibility of an afterlife (a question Rosenbaum brackets), etc.

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