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-The invocation of “survival” as a justification for the plan makes all atrocities possible and removes the value of survival itself – in the attempt to save our world, they have destroyed it. |
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-Callahan 73 |
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-Daniel Callahan, Fellow at the Institute of Society and Ethics, 1973 |
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-The Tyranny of Survival, Pages 91-93) |
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-The value of ... all Pyrrhic victories. |
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-And, the fear of death causes psychological damage. |
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-A. Psychotherapists concur that embracing and confronting our own mortality is a prerequisite to a happy and fulfilling existence. Van Nuys 08 |
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-David, PhD in Psychotherapy, “An Interview with Irvin Yalom, MD on Death Anxiety”, February 20th. |
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-Though death cannot ... him his grave. |
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-B. Fear of death causes us to deny the free and liberating experience of truly living to our full potential – embracing that mortality is key to solve |
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-Howard, January 1, 2009, Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness, Review by Benjamin Howard of Roshi’s new book: BEING WITH DYING: CULTIVATING COMPASSION AND FEARLESSNESS IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH, PhD in anthropology |
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-Today, what is ... inevitable at bay. |
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-C. The neutrality of death necessitates the alternative |
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-Epicurus 311 BCE |
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-Letter to Meneocues, translated by Professor Robert Drew Hicks, http://classics.mit.edu/Epicurus/menoec.html, edited for gendered language |
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-Accustom yourself to ... believe him not. |
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-D. Emotional numbing is the result of fearing death – we must free ourselves to regain full emotion |
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-Nancy Anderson, 2004, Work with Passion: How to do What You Love for a Living, author and PhD in education |
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-(http://books.google.com/books?id=YR2T_6BXjxMCandpg=PA21andlpg=PA21anddq=22fear+of+death+causes22andsource=blandots=hK0dmXh9wGandsig=0uhRFFSsMuOkPhQO9GdUjt2yYJUandhl=enandei=yKL2SsW3PMzd8QbnzODzCQandsa=Xandoi=book_resultandct=resultandresnum=9andved=0CCIQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepageandq=22fear20of20death20causes22andf=false) |
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-Fear of death ... life was meaningless. |
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-Contention 2: The Perscription is More Cowbell |
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-Alt Text: Vote negative as a method of rejecting their survivalist justification and freeing ourselves from the fear of death. |