Human Mortality by Jake Blayney https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality A look into death and how our live are changed and how society and humans look at death. en-us 2014-04-23 09:16:08 UTC 2025-11-01 00:47:06 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d20uo2axdbh83k.cloudfront.net/20140423/a75873d07d5ef791b479a6e071a3f3c9.jpg Curse or Blessing? JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26466496 Humans as well as other creatures are concious of their mortality (known in mammels). This awareness is actually what has lead to humans being a successful species and actually leads to a better life. Without this awareness, we would live our lives very differently.]]> 2014-04-23 09:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26466496 JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26467099 2014-04-23 09:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26467099 The Dead End Argument JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628346
  • The only thing that bears intrinsic prudential value is an experiential mental state.
  • Being dead is (at least partly) constituted by the complete absence of experiential mental states, i.e. being dead is an experiential blank.
  • Therefore, the state of being dead is not intrinsically prudentially bad. 
  • An event is extrinsically bad if and only if it leads to intrinsically bad states of affairs.
  • Therefore, death (which is an event) is not extrinsically bad.
  • An event is only prudentially bad for someone if it is intrinsically or extrinsically prudentially bad. 
  • Therefore, death is not prudentially bad for the person who dies.
    • ]]>     2014-04-24 22:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628346     Live Longer/Live Better? JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628398 It's been embedded in the human mind that to live longer does in fact mean the same as to live happier for obvious reasons like "you don't die". But maybe there isn't any reason to fear death (explained else where). Death changes how one acts and experiences

    ]]>     2014-04-24 22:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628398     Terror Managment Theory JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628629 "The dance with death can be a delicate but potentially elegant stride toward living the good life,"

     According to TMT, the anxiety caused by mortality is a major motivator behind many human behaviours and cognitions, including self-esteem, ethno/religio-centrism, and even love. Also the TMT is what controls our 'worldviews'.

    ]]>     2014-04-24 22:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628629     Religion JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628764 An example of how humans and the human mind tries to find a way to avoid death at all costs. All religions avoid death by making death actually rewarding in the sense that after death is the afterlife. This links with the TMT.

    ]]>     2014-04-24 22:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628764     JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628974 2014-04-24 22:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628974 Why Fear Death JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628990 What is there to fear about death. One cannot experience pain nor emotion.

    ]]>     2014-04-24 22:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26628990     JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26828925 2014-04-28 19:00:30 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26828925 JakeyPanda https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26829477 2014-04-28 19:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/JakeyPanda/mortality/wish/26829477