Is Our death the Most Important fact about Us?

Todd May claims in his book, Death that Our death is the most important fact about us. He explains this with three premises. He said the above is right because of,
  1. The fact that we die,
  2. The fact of our awareness of this death, and 
  3. Awareness that our death could happen at any moment.
May argues his point based on these premises. I, on the other hand, do not concur that death is the most important fact about us. We can look through history on our quest to find answers debunking the claim that death is the most important fact about us. We look at the lives of the great men and women who lived long before us, and we see that their achievements in life are their most important fact. We take Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement, Lincoln and the Unification of the U.S/ the abolishing of slavery.  Even though their lives ended with both of them being assassinated, it does not stand as their most important fact. They are remembered for the great things they did while alive, and thus, their memorialization after death. These historical figures are remembered for their heroics and accomplishments in life, and that's the most important fact about them.

The first premise also doesn't necessarily make the claim right. The fact that we die, doesn't make death the most important thing about us. It allows us to see the value in life. If life had no end, i.e, death, then we will go on and do all the crazy things done in the movie (Purge). There will be lawlessness, and the value of one's life, not known. The fact that we die makes our life all the more important to us.

Our legacies also keep us remembered. The human psyche wants to do great things and legacies become our most important facts. I personally believe that death is an important fact about us, but not the most important.

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