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What is the core argument for anti-natalism in this paper by Jiwon Hwang?
I stumbled upon this paper written by Jiwoon Hwang. It's about why it is better to cease existing. He uses David Benatar's assymetry to come to a pro-mortalist conclusion; but unlike Harman, he ...
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A possible counterargument for a theoretical argument in support of antinatalism
I have seen some of the common arguments for anti-natalism, one being David Benatar's asymmetry argument. I am worldbuilding for a science fiction story in which there are some technologically-...
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Counter arguments to benatar's assymatry argument's defence by Elias Muusavi
Elias Muusavi published a defence of benatar's assymatry https://shorturl.at/juvAF (if you wish to read it) in it they said that the absence of pleasure is "not worse than the presence of ...
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Is Benatar's "asymmetry of pleasure and pain" wrong?
I’ve some doubts regarding the epistyle of David Benatar's thought, the “asymmetry of pleasure and pain”. In Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence he writes that:
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Does antinatalism carry the seeds of its own destruction?
Antinatalists claim that it is immoral to procreate. For instance:
David Benatar argues there is an asymmetry between pleasure and pain,
which means it would be better for humans not to have ...
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Is Buddhism antinatalist?
I was listening to a discussion with David Benatar, and the point that Buddhism seems to be antinatalist was raised. It seems that people argue this both ways. Can Buddhism be said to be antinatalist? ...
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What does David Benatar intend to say, in his reply to Susan Neiman's rebuke of pessimism on social progress?
Source: Benatar, D. The Human Predicament (2017 1 edn). p. 206. Footnote 4 on p. 245.
Third, pessimism has sometimes been dismissed as a “macho” attitude. The idea is that the pessimist is saying,...
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