Better never to have been: the harm of coming into existence

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. David Benatar presents a startling challenge to these assumptions. He argues that people systematically overestimate the quality of their life, and suffer quite serious harms by coming into ex...

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Main Author: Benatar, David 1966- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Existence / Reproduction / Reproductive behavior
B Existence / Negativity / Value
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Summary:Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. David Benatar presents a startling challenge to these assumptions. He argues that people systematically overestimate the quality of their life, and suffer quite serious harms by coming into existence.
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Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 2006. - Literaturverz. S. [227] - 233
ISBN:0199549265