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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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| 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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| Dans: | Année: 2008 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Existence
/ Reproduction (biologie)
/ Comportement reproductif
B Existence / Négativité / Valeur |
| Accès en ligne: |
Table des matières (Maison d'édition) Quatrième de couverture (Maison d'édition) |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 2006. - Literaturverz. S. [227] - 233 |
| Description matérielle: | XI, 237 Seiten, 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-954926-9 978-0-19-929642-2 |
