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SUMMARY:Dying for a Cause
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LOCATION:Liverpool\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>I&rsquo\;ve always been interested in people who willingly risk or give up their lives for something they deeply believe in. I&rsquo\;m a coward myself &ndash\; I&rsquo\;d never be the first person to stand up to a dictator. But some people\, like Sophie Scholl\, who was part of the student resistance against Hitler\, do such things\, and pay for it. I think their lives end up being more meaningful as a result even if they fail in their main objective. Such cases highlight the importance of integrity\, or living up to one&rsquo\;s commitments\, in meaningful living\, or dying\, as it may be\, as well as the risk involved in commitment\, since if you die for a bad cause\, you&rsquo\;ve only harmed yourself. However\, if leading a more rather than less meaningful life benefits rather than harms you\, there are possible scenarios in which you yourself are better off dying for a good cause than living a longer moderately happy life. This presents a version of a well-known puzzle: what makes dying for a cause a self-sacrifice in the first place\, then? I sketch some possible answers.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Hauskeller:
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