Contemporary Anti-Natalism, Featuring Benatar's Better Never to Have Been

South African Journal of Philosophy 31 (1):1-9 (2012)
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Abstract

A critical overview of the latest discussion of anti-natalism, with particular reference to David Benatar's work and three additional rationales for anti-natalism that differ from Benatar's.

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Thaddeus Metz
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References found in this work

Negative utilitarianism.R. N. Smart - 1958 - Mind 67 (268):542-543.
Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence.David Benatar - 1997 - American Philosophical Quarterly 34 (3):345 - 355.
Prima facie duties.William David Ross - 1987 - In Christopher W. Gowans (ed.), Moral Dilemmas. Oxford Uiversity Press.

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