Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:
The Joker sees Batman, his nemesis, as the other half of an immortal coin. So long as they are alive and engaged in conflict, they both have a purpose in life.
Full answer by DarthBotto: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/32684 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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