How to reject Benatar's asymmetry argument

In this article I reconsider David Benatar's primary argument for anti-natalism—the asymmetry argument—and outline a three-step process for rejecting it. I begin in Part 2 by reconstructing the asymmetry argument into three main premises. I then turn in Parts 3-5 to explain how each of these pr...

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Main Author: Magnusson, Erik (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 6, Pages: 674-683
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B procreative ethics
B quality of life argument
B Anti-natalism
B David Benatar
B asymmetry argument
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