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‘It Doesn’t Matter Because One Day it Will End’
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Pub Date : 2021-01-02 , DOI: 10.1007/s10677-020-10140-w
Preston Greene

The inference that things do not matter because they will end is a source of despair for reflective people that features in literature, popular culture, and philosophy. Are there sound arguments in support of the inference? I first review three arguments that have been put forward in the existing philosophical literature and consider the objections that can be made against them. While the objections appear persuasive, these arguments do not exhaust the plausible justifications for the inference. Drawing on examples from philosophy and literature, I introduce two previously undiscussed time-bias arguments in support of the inference that seem to be psychologically powerful. I conclude, however, that the time-bias arguments are also unsound. They involve an inconsistent shift between a temporally neutral and a temporally biased perspective on how the passage of time affects what matters. However the inconsistency is resolved, the conclusion does not follow.

中文翻译:

'没关系,因为总有一天它会结束'

事物不重要因为它们终将结束的推论是文学、流行文化和哲学中具有反思性的人的绝望之源。是否有合理的论据支持该推论?我首先回顾现有哲学文献中提出的三个论点,并考虑可以对它们提出的反对意见。虽然反对意见似乎有说服力,但这些论点并没有穷尽推论的合理理由。借鉴哲学和文学的例子,我介绍了两个以前未讨论过的时间偏差论点,以支持似乎在心理上强大的推论。然而,我得出的结论是,时间偏差的论点也是不合理的。它们涉及对时间的流逝如何影响重要事项的时间中立和时间偏见之间的不一致转变。然而,矛盾得到解决,结论并不成立。
更新日期:2021-01-02
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