Why can't a mouse's life be absurd, for Nagel?
A) Mice lack the capacity for self-consciousness required for absurdity
B) Mice don't do the kinds of things humans do
C) Mice don't take themselves seriously
D) None of the above

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Nagel argues that the sense of absurdity arises from a clash between the seriousness with which we take our lives and the perpetual possibility of regarding everything about which we are serious as arbitrary or open to doubt. This requires a level of self-consciousness and reflective capacity that mice, and animals in general, are presumed not to possess.

Why Can't a Mouse's Life Be Absurd, for Nagel