Death and the Afterlife: The Berkeley Tanner Lectures Urban Design When Pierrot becomes an orphan

When Pierrot becomes an orphan

threatening him with torture and forcing him to live under house arrest for the remainder of his life

A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant

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Death and the Afterlife: The Berkeley Tanner Lectures Urban Design When Pierrot becomes an orphanSuppose you knew that, though you yourself would live your life to its natural end, the earth and all its inhabitants would be destroyed thirty days after your death. To what extent would you remain committed to your current projects and plans? Would scientists still search for a cure for cancer? Would couples still want children? In Death and the Afterlife, philosopher Samuel Scheffler poses this thought experiment in order to show that the continued