Supposing my death is not an intrinsic or extrinsic good, should I never engage in acts that will certainly or near certainly result in my death? It's not obviously a trivial inference, but it seems plausible, perhaps becasue for some reason I associate an act that brings about my death so strongly as my death that they are inseparable.
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1Its actually a quite trivial inference: If your death has no significance, doing acts that bring it on have no significance. ¡¡IF!! Just like the color of your shirt. If you're hopping across to the store for some eggs it has no significance, if OTOH you're going to an important meeting (or date) it likely does– RushiCommented May 26 at 9:02
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no i don't mean no significance it may be a bad thing @Rushi– user71399Commented May 26 at 9:03
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1so it's trivial then that i shouldn't @Rushi yeah that makes sense, thanks– user71399Commented May 26 at 9:05
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2Any acts you engage in will most certainly result in your death, we are mortal, the only question is when. And what does this have to do with death specifically? If A has no value then should we never engage in acts that lead to A, is that the question? Certainly not never. A may well be a side effect of acts that do accomplish something of value.– ConifoldCommented May 26 at 9:06
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1Click on doctrine of double effect above.– ConifoldCommented May 27 at 5:48
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Why not? Supposing the harm of death is manifest in the act that brings it about, rather than a post mortem state (those are the most obvious, rather than exhaustive, possibilities), then presumably the same goes for its value: an act that brings about my death and demise has the value that my death does.