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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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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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