The Temporal Bias Approach to the Symmetry Problem and Historical Closeness

In addressing the Lucretian symmetry problem, temporal bias approach claims that death is bad because it deprives us of something about which rational to care (e.g., future pleasures), whereas prenatal nonexistence not only remain indifferent past pleasures). a recent contribution debate on this approach, Miguel and Santos argue late beginning can deprive pleasure. Their argument based claim for birth or person any value in life, historically closest counterfactual situation contains such begins exist earlier dies later. This what they call Historical Condition. However, Condition untenable several reasons. First, condition substantially weakens explanatory capacity deprivation account implies most ordinary sorts pleasures are deprived by death. addition, vulnerable counterexamples. particular, offer as standard case pleasure due (what Seeing The Beatles), some its variants, be used falsify condition. Finally, theoretically indefensible faulty analysis deprivation.