Nagel-The Absurd 1. Accdng to N, why shouldn't we think life is absurd just because nothing we do now will matter in a million years? a. Because nothing that will be the case in a million years matters now. b. Because life on Earth won't exist for another million years. c. Because some things, like Shakespeare's plays, will matter in a million years. d. Because our descendants may benefit in a million years from what we do now. 2. Accdng to Nagel, why is the following off: "my particular concerns in life don't matter unless my life as a whole can be justified, and the latter can't be? (a) Because whether life as a whole can be justified has no bearing on the finality of each particular end-point within life. (b) Because sometimes justification as a matter of fact ends within each activity. (c) Because if no justification ends somewhere, then as a matter of principle any justification will result in an infinite regress, thereby rendering vacuous the demand for justification. (d) Because even if the reasons we proffer within life are incomplete from an outside pov, this doesn't mean that those reasons used within life don't have proper finality. (e) All of the above (1) A and D only 3. According to Nagel, what makes life absurd? a. The fact that we are so small compared to the rest of the universe. b. The fact that we take life seriously even though it can seem that we shouldn't. c. The fact that God doesn't exist, and if God doesn't exist, then life is absurd. d. The fact that we don't have free will even though we think we do. 4. What does Nagel mean by the phrase sub specie aeternitatis? a. The eternal species b. From an eternal point of view c. Under a special lens d. By the aesthetic alternative. e. All of the above