Why Immortality Could Be Good

International Journal of Philosophical Studies 32 (1):78-100 (2023)
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I revisit my article, “Why Immortality Is Not So Bad,” in which I argued that Bernard Williams’s thesis that immortality would necessarily be boring for any human being is false. Here I point out various ways in which Williams’s treatment of the issues has tilted and distorted the subsequent debates.

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Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Life.John Martin Fischer - 2019 - New York: Oxford University Press.
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