خدا، مرگ و معنای زندگی

by David Benatar, Graham Oppy, Travis Timmerman

85 pages, Unknown Binding

About the author

David Benatar (born 1966) is a South African philosopher, academic and author. He is best known for his advocacy of antinatalism in his book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, in which he argues that coming into existence is a serious harm, regardless of the feelings of the existing being once brought into existence, and that, as a consequence, it is always morally wrong to create more sentient beings.

Benatar is vegan, and has taken part in debates on veganism. He has argued that humans are "responsible for the suffering and deaths of billions of other humans and non-human animals. If that level of destruction were caused by another species we would rapidly recommend that new members of that species not be brought into existence." He has also argued that the outbreak of zoonotic diseases, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, is often the result of how humans mistreat animals.

Benatar is an atheist and has stated that he has no children of his own.

Reviews

[یاسر میردامادی · Rating 3 out of 5]

این کتاب حاصل سه گفت‌وگوی یوتیوبی با سه فیلسوف است. در گفت‌وگوی اول گراهام آپی (فیلسوف خداناباور استرالیایی) می‌گوید گرچه برای او طبیعی‌باوری (نچرالیزم) جهان‌بینی بهتری است از خداباوری اما از نظر او دلیل قاطعی که طبیعی‌باوری را بر جهان‌بینی‌های دیگر ترجیح دهد وجود ندارد. گفت‌وگوی دوم با تیمرمان در باب مرگ است که آن را نخواندم. گفت‌وگوی سوم با فیلسوفی به نام بناتار است در باب معنای زندگی. از نظر او خدا می‌تواند به زندگی معنا ببخشد (این نقطه‌ی مقابل دیدگاه خداناباورانی است که می‌گویند وجود خدا معنای زندگی را از میان می‌برد یا بود و نبود خدا تفاوت چندانی در معنابخشی ندارد) اما از نظر او دلایل به سود خدا کافی نیست.