This is a lecture clip from my online Philosophy of Death and Dying Course

1. Premise 3
3. P can experience a state of affairs at some
time only if it begins before P’s death.
Why think this is true?
For Rosenbaum, experiencing a state of affairs
requires the possibility of being causally
affected by it.

2. Is Premise 3 True?
1. A state of affairs can causally affect a person only if
the person exists after the state of affairs begins to
occur, because effects occur only after their causes.
2. A person exists after a state of affairs begins to
occur only if the state of affairs begins before the
person’s death. (because death is a kind of non-
existence)
C. Therefore, a state of affairs can causally affect a
person only if the state of affairs begins before the
person’s death.

3. Causes, Effects, and Persons
Getting Hit in the Head My Head Hurts
Eli gets hit in the head Eli’s head hurts
Cause Effect
Person P Person P

4. Since Being Dead is Non-
Existence
Moment of Death Being Dead
Person P Nobody
Thus, a state of affairs can causally affect a
person only if it begins to occur before the
person’s death.