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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

3. 2. THE PROCREATION ASYMMETRY : The Existence-requirement Strategy and some Concerns on Incompatibility

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

   Author : Jepser Söderstedt; [2020]
   Keywords : The procreation asymmetry; asymmetry; variabilism; harming; benefitting; conditional reasons; happiness;

   Abstract : According to the procreation asymmetry there is no moral reason to create a new and foreseeably happy person just because this person will be happy, but there is however a moral reason against creating a new and foreseeably unhappy person just because this person will be unhappy. A common way to defend this conjunction of claims is by employing a so-called existence-requirement, according to which the happiness of a given person p in a world w depends on it being possible to understand p as an existing person in w. READ MORE

4. 3. The Procreation Asymmetry : The existence-requirement strategy and some concerns on incompatibility

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

   Author : Jesper Söderstedt; [2020]
   Keywords : The procreation asymmetry; asymmetry; variabilism; harming; benefitting; conditional reasons; happiness;

   Abstract : According to the procreation asymmetry there is no moral reason to create a new and foreseeably happy person just because this person will be happy, but there is however a moral reason against creating a new and foreseeably unhappy person just because this person will be unhappy. A common way to defend this conjunction of claims is by employing a so-called existence-requirement, according to which the happiness of a given person p in a world w depends on it being possible to understand p as an existing person in w. READ MORE