The Harmlessness of Existence
Can existence benefit or harm a person? I argue that it cannot. In order for existence to harm a person it has to be the case that existence is worse for the person than never existing. This claim could only be true if it is understood as a claim about the actual, extrinsic value of existence for a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2019]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 841-852 |
| Further subjects: | B
Extrinsic value
B Benefit B Harm B Existence |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |