Mark Question wrote: or is there a "category error" when we look
gaining from dead cats point of view AND from living cats point
of view at the same time in sentence, as if they are the same
thing, living or dead cat, if: "an entity doesn't gain or lose
anyhing if it ceases to exist, because the entity no longer
exists to gain or lose by comparison with prior conditions"? can
dead cat gain anything? can suffering dying cat still gain
something? would dead or alive cat seek suffer or avoid it?
philosophical questions indeed. and is there any error in "dead
cats point of view" also? Euthanasia simply means a good death.
I see no problem with goodness being associated with the
cessation of live. Death is the culmination and raison d'etre of
life, having a good one has always been regarded as important.
As for your friend, I think this question has been answered on
another thread. Obviously a dead cat cannot gain, but a living
cat can benefit from death when it is better to be dead than
alive. I think the confusi