Essays about: "Benatar"

Found 1 essay containing the word Benatar.

  1. 1. Better Never to Have Been? : A Critique of David Benatar’s Axiological Asymmetry Argument for Antinatalism

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Simon Fridh; [2023]
    Keywords : Antinatalism; Benatar; asymmetry; axiology; procreation; person-affecting; death; pro-mortalism;

    Abstract : David Benatar’s axiological asymmetry argument for antinatalism states that it is always bad for a sentient being to come into existence. There has been a lot of discussion about this argument since its publication in 2006, but this discussion has often been lacking by not accepting some ground rules, or assumptions, that Benatar establishes. READ MORE