American philosopher who developed a careful defense of hedonism in ethics and a comparative account of when death is bad for the person who dies.
Welfare hedonism: the only intrinsic good is pleasant experiences; the only intrinsic bad is painful experiences. Comparative account of death: death is bad for a person when the life they would have lived had they survived was better than the death they suffered — the Epicurean argument that death cannot be bad fails.
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