The Predicament That Wasn’t: A Reply to Benatar

Philosophical Papers 49 (3):457-484 (2020)
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In his recent book The Human Predicament, David Benatar describes the human condition as a tragic predicament, and the upshot is that we ought to refrain from having children and adopt an attitude...

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10.1080/05568641.2020.1850328

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Christine Vitrano
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