Isn't there a kind of logical requirement that for something to be bad for you ? you've got to be around to receive that bad thing?

难道没有这样一种逻辑要求吗,如果有什么事物对你来说有坏处,你不是应该去接受那个有害的事物吗？

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We might say, well, it's not true now Death isn't bad for me now I'm not dead now ? Maybe death is bad for me when I'm dead?

我们可能会说，反正现在不是真的,死亡现在对我来说没有坏处,我现在又没死,也许当我死的时候死亡对我有坏处？

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If death was bad for me, that would be a fact If my death is bad for me, that would be a fact and we'd ask ? well, when is that fact true?

如果死亡对我来说是有坏处的，那这就是一个事实,如果我的死亡对我来说有坏处，那就是一个事实，而我们就会问,这个事实什么时候是真的？

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Well, not now My death can't be bad for me now I'm not dead But it's not 100% clear that the other alternative isn't acceptable "? Why not say,"My death is bad for me when I'm dead"?

至少不是现在,死亡现在对我来说没有坏处,我又没死,但另一种情况我们也不能百分百,确定是不可接受的,为什么不能说，“死亡在我死的时候对我来说是有坏处的？

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Well, one way of course is to accept the objection and say " "You're right Death isn't really bad for me " And some philosophers have indeed accepted that very conclusion, maybe Epicurus Most of us want to say " "No, no Death is bad for me" So we need a better answer to the ?" "Oh yeah? When is it bad for you?"

一种方式当然是接受它并说,“你是对的，死亡对我来说真的没什么坏处“,而一些哲学家确实接受了,那个结论，也许比如伊壁鸠鲁,我们大多数人想说,“不，不，死亡对我来说有坏处“,于是我们需要一个更好的答案来回答,“是么？，它什么时候对你有坏处了“

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