Better Never to Have Been
The Harm of Coming into Existence
ISBN13: 9780199296422ISBN10: 0199296421
Hardback,
250 pages
Sep 2006,
In Stock
Price:
$55.00 (06)Description
Better Never to Have Been argues for a number of related, highly provocative, views: (1) Coming into existence is always a serious harm. (2) It is always wrong to have children. (3) It is wrong not to abort fetuses at the earlier stages of gestation. (4) It would be better if, as a result of there being no new people, humanity became extinct. These views may sound unbelievable--but anyone who reads Benatar will be obliged to take them seriously.Features
- Is it good to be alive?
- A radical challenge to bioethics.
- Clearly argued, accessible to non-specialists.
- This may be the most provocative philosophical view ever defended.
