Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence
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gptkb:book
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| gptkbp:addresses |
Human suffering
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| gptkbp:argued_on |
Coming into existence is a harm.
Moral obligation to procreate |
| gptkbp:argument_type |
Negative utilitarianism
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:David_Benatar
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| gptkbp:challenges |
Pro-natalist views
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| gptkbp:contains |
Philosophical arguments
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| gptkbp:contributes_to |
Ethics discussions
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| gptkbp:critical_reception |
Controversial
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| gptkbp:discusses |
Value of non-existence
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| gptkbp:examines |
Suffering and existence
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| gptkbp:explores |
Consequences of existence
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| gptkbp:focus |
Philosophical implications of existence
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| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:impact |
Debate on procreation ethics
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| gptkbp:influence |
Existentialism
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| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Schopenhauer
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| gptkbp:is_analyzed_in |
Philosophical journals
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| gptkbp:is_available_in |
Libraries worldwide
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| gptkbp:is_cited_in |
Philosophical literature
Ethical discussions |
| gptkbp:is_considered |
A philosophical challenge to procreation
A significant work in antinatalism |
| gptkbp:is_critiqued_by |
Philosophical reviews
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| gptkbp:is_discussed_in |
Ethics seminars
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| gptkbp:is_examined_in |
Philosophical debates
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| gptkbp:is_noted_for |
Controversial stance on existence
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| gptkbp:is_part_of |
Philosophical discourse
Academic curriculum |
| gptkbp:is_referenced_in |
Discussions on ethics
Various academic papers |
| gptkbp:is_reviewed_by |
Literary critiques
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| gptkbp:isbn |
978-0199296370
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| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:notable_feature |
Antinatalism
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| gptkbp:page_count |
224
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| gptkbp:presents |
Philosophical case against existence
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| gptkbp:published_year |
gptkb:2006
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| gptkbp:publisher |
gptkb:Oxford_University_Press
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| gptkbp:related_works |
The Ethics of Procreation and Parenthood
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| gptkbp:translated_into |
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:German gptkb:Portuguese |
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gptkb:David_Benatar
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7
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