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Peofessor benatar In chapters 2&3 and 4 ,argues that coming to existence(or giving birth to someone) is always a serious and unnecessarily harm,at least for that person.
That's true for everyone,not exceptioning the best human life qualities of our most privileged ones.
Yet in chapter 5 he explains his pro-death view on abortion, sometimes I think too far he goes, justifying even infanticide or abortion in late G.A
— Aug 29, 2022 02:00PM
That's true for everyone,not exceptioning the best human life qualities of our most privileged ones.
Yet in chapter 5 he explains his pro-death view on abortion, sometimes I think too far he goes, justifying even infanticide or abortion in late G.A
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Avoiding the pains of existence is more than merely ‘not bad’. It is good.
Judging the absence of pleasure to be ‘not good’ is also too weak.Of course the absence of pleasure is not what we would call good. However, the important question, whentheabsence ofpleasure involvesno deprivation for anybody, is whether it is also ‘not bad’ or whether it is ‘bad’. The answer, I suggest, is that it is ‘not good, but not bad.
— Aug 22, 2022 03:59AM
Judging the absence of pleasure to be ‘not good’ is also too weak.Of course the absence of pleasure is not what we would call good. However, the important question, whentheabsence ofpleasure involvesno deprivation for anybody, is whether it is also ‘not bad’ or whether it is ‘bad’. The answer, I suggest, is that it is ‘not good, but not bad.
