Immortality and boredom: a response to Wisnewski
This article contributes to the ongoing debate initiated by Bernard Williams’ claim that, due to the non-contingent finitude of the categorical desires that give meaning to our lives, an immortal life would necessarily become intolerably boring. Jeremy Wisnewski has argued that even if immortality i...
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Springer Nature B. V
2009
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 77-85 |
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Immortality
B Death B Boredom B Bernard Williams B J. Jeremy Wisnewski B Desires |
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