Better never to have been: the harm of coming into existence
Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. David Benatar presents a startling challenge to these assumptions. He argues that people systematically overestimate the quality of their life, and suffer quite serious harms by coming into ex...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Existence
/ Reproduction
/ Reproductive behavior
B Existence / Negativity / Value |
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| Summary: | Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. David Benatar presents a startling challenge to these assumptions. He argues that people systematically overestimate the quality of their life, and suffer quite serious harms by coming into existence. |
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| Item Description: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 2006. - Literaturverz. S. [227] - 233 |
| Physical Description: | XI, 237 Seiten, 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-954926-9 978-0-19-929642-2 |
