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Published on: 2008-09-15
Released on: 2008-09-15
Original language: English

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence---rather than having children without even thinking about whether they should---they presume that they do them no harm. Better Never to Have Been challenges these assumptions. David Benatar argues that coming into existence is always a serious harm. Although the good things in one's life make one's life go better than it otherwise would have gone, one could not have been deprived by their absence if one had not existed. Those who never exist cannot be deprived. However, by coming into existence one does suffer quite serious harms that could not have befallen one had one not come into existence. Drawing on the relevant psychological literature, the author shows that there are a number of well-documented features of human psychology that explain why people systematically overestimate the quality of their lives and why they are thus resistant to the suggestion that they were seriously harmed by being brought into existence. The author then argues for the 'anti-natal' view---that it is always wrong to have children---and he shows that combining the anti-natal view with common pro-choice views about foetal moral status yield a "pro-death" view about abortion (at the earlier stages of gestation). Anti-natalism also implies that it would be better if humanity became extinct. Although counter-intuitive for many, that implication is defended, not least by showing that it solves many conundrums of moral theory about population. Gramscian damage Armed and Dangerous Americans have never really understood ideological warfare. Our gut-level assumption is that everybody in the world really wants the same comfortable material success ... Come - definition of come by The Free Dictionary come (km) intr.v. came (km) come coming comes 1. a. To advance toward the speaker or toward a specified place; approach: Come to me. b. To advance in a ... The Four Noble Truths - View on Buddhism: (Tibetan ... "I teach about suffering and the way to end it" Shakyamuni Buddha. INTRODUCTION. The teachings on the four noble truths are among the very first ... Human Knowledge: Foundations and Limits Why is there something rather than nothing? Might the world be an illusion or dream? What exists beyond the human senses? What happens after death? Lotus-Eater Machine - TV Tropes The Lotus-Eater Machine trope as used in popular culture. A character usually a hero is knocked out or goes to sleep and wakes up in their own personal Surrender at 20: [UPDATED] Welcome to Zaun "Zaun is a large undercity district lying in the deep canyons and valleys threading Piltover. What light reaches below is filtered through fumes leaking from the ... Entertainment News - Los Angeles Times L.A. Times entertainment news from Hollywood including event coverage celebrity gossip and deals. View photo galleries read TV and movie reviews and more. The Internet Classics Archive Apology by Plato Apology by Plato part of the Internet Classics Archive ... Commentary: Quite a few comments have been posted about Apology. Download: A 58k text-only version is ... Victory over Japan Day - Wikipedia Victory over Japan Day; Date: August 15 (UK) September 2 (US) September 3 (China) Frequency: annual Death of Caylee Anthony - Wikipedia When Detective Yuri Melich with the Orange County Sheriff's Department began investigating the disappearance of Caylee Anthony he found discrepancies in Casey's ...
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