Better Never To Have Been: The Harm Of Coming Into Existence PDF
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David Benatar . Better Never To Have Been : The Harm of Coming into Existence ( Oxford : Oxford University
In this book, David Benatar argues that every person is severely harmed by being brought into existence, and that in bringing any person into existence one impermissibly harms that person. His conclusion is not merely that by bringing a person into existence, one harms him. That claim is compatible with the claim that by bringing a person into existence, one also greatly benefits him, and even ...
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