Is death actually bad for the person who dies?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is death actually bad for the person who dies?". Your opponent's style: Marcus Aurelius

AI, you start the debate. Make your opening argument.

You're starting with the assumption that death is *bad for the person who dies*—but here's the problem: the dead person doesn't experience anything. They can't suffer the loss because they don't exist to feel it. Epicurus nailed this 2,300 years ago. You're confusing what's bad *for the living* (grief, interrupted plans) with what's bad *for the deceased*. A corpse isn't harmed by death. The badness you're imagining is purely retrospective, felt only by survivors. So either death is genuinely bad for no one, or you're smuggling in a different claim entirely. Which is it?