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The purpose of this paper is to consider the nature of death by inquiry through the following three questions. First, why is death mysterious? What does the first-person death, the second-person death, and the third-person death mean? Second, are there any legitimate reasons to justify our fear of death? Finally, is death in itself an evil? Needless to say, death is an event which can not be experienced as one's own. In this sense, it is an unknowable event. However, on the one hand, death is very commonplace in our social life. The mystery of death seems to have a bilateral character: however, in my case, this explanation doesn't fit. I am often struck by the mystery of death. There is death which is not "my own" yet also not "another person's." It is "death of my body," to put it more precisely, "death of half my body." I had apoplexy five years ago and was half paralyzed. Through this experience, I came to realize the mystery of death, because death of half my body is not the death of me. It is possible to call it death of the third-person; however it is not another person's death. Since it occurs very close to me, it resembles the death of a second-person. This is the mystery of death which I am facing. Next, the second problem is described. We say much about the fear of death, but few people have actually experienced this fear of death. We notice the fear of death when the prospect of survival passes away completely and death suddenly attacks. However, if we ask whether or not some basis exists in fearing death, since we cannot actually experience one's own death, it is very difficult to answer this question. Because of this, some people insist that fear of death is merely an illusion. In this paper, I have considered some problems concerning the fear of death. Finally, I have examined the problem of death and evil. I call it "Murphy's question" in this paper. Murphy raised a question, whether or not being dead is much better than being alive. I heard this kind of phrase many times when I was hospitalized. My biggest problem concerning death and evil was "Murphy's question."
2010-01-30

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