What Is the Lingering Hope That Beglin Identifies with Respect

question 3

Multiple Choice

What is the lingering hope that Beglin identifies with respect to his argument that immortality would dilute the significance of our commitments?

• A) Perhaps we could live meaningful lives with a radically different way of relating to the world
• B) Perhaps we could commit ourselves to certain abstract, inexhaustible ends, without having to commit to anything new.
• C) Perhaps substantive commitments aren't made against a background of finitude.
• D) None of the above

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