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Originally Posted by xyzone
Fear of death isn't a conscious choice as much as it is an instinct of self preservation. It translates into human fears with humans, but it's rooted in primal instinct. All prey knows enough to run away from their predators. At any rate, humans can suppress that fear consciously through various ways. If nothing else, some people who are mortally wounded show signs of total acceptance. Others show distress but it's difficult to say it's not simply the pain reaction because animals do the same thing.
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This. The body reacts to physical, life-threatening situations involuntarily. In this natural aspect, we have no choice but to "fear" death.
But... I'm curious. Although the question is within its philosophical nature to be broad, I find it interesting that it seems to fail to recognize the difference between natural death and unnatural death.
"I do not fear dying of old age, but I do fear the man intent on stabbing me to death." I think there is something of significance there...
Whatever the case, nevertheless, whether a person should fear death on a
conscious plain or not, depends entirely upon a person's mentality; there is no right or wrong answer--no should or should-not's. Whether you fear it or not, death is inevitable.