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Better Never to Have Been The Harm of Coming into Existence

David Benatar

Better Never to Have Been

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Modern Wisdom

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Benatar's antinatalism book was described as arguing that bringing people into existence is immoral, with a focus on the asymmetry between pain and pleasure.

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David Benatar is the sort of superstar of antinatalism. He wrote a book called Better Never To Have Been, which sounds like one of these sort of, you know, I'm about to write about how terrible life i...

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Benatar's antinatalism book was described as arguing that bringing people into existence is immoral, with a focus on the asymmetry between pain and pleasure.

"

David Benatar is the sort of superstar of antinatalism. He wrote a book called Better Never To Have Been, which sounds like one of these sort of, you know, I'm about to write about how terrible life is.

Behind the Bastards

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Behind the Bastards

It was highlighted as a pivotal antinatalist work, noted for its striking title.

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most famously, South African philosopher David Benatar laid out one of the main antiNatalist arguments in his book, Better Never to Have Been, The Harm of Coming into Existence. It's a banger title th...

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 212

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 212

It was highlighted as a pivotal antinatalist work, noted for its striking title.

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most famously, South African philosopher David Benatar laid out one of the main antiNatalist arguments in his book, Better Never to Have Been, The Harm of Coming into Existence. It's a banger title though.

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