ABSTRACT
This is an opinionated survey of some ways in which our thinking about death intersects with our thinking about well-being. Some of the main philosophical questions about death are the following: Is death bad for the one who dies? What makes death bad, on those occasions when it is bad? How bad is it to die-how great a misfortune is death for its victim-and what determines this? Is there any time at which death is bad for its victim? Can someone be harmed after she dies-are the dead still subject to benefits and misfortunes? What attitudes and emotions is it rational or fitting to have towards one’s death? Our answers to these questions will require us to address questions about the nature of well-being and the place of well-being in the philosophy of death.
