Is Having Children Always Wrong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11420516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rivka Weinberg (0000-0003-1461-1710, Scripps College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-37 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-0136 • E-ISSN: 2073-4867 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02580136.2012.10751765 |
| OpenAlex | W1984013996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Life stinks. Mel Brooks knew it, David Benatar knows it,1 and so do I. Even when life does not stink so badly, there’s always the chance that it will begin to do so. Nonexistence, on the other hand, is odor free. Whereas being brought into existence can be harmful, or at least bad, nonexistence cannot be harmful or bad. Even if life is not clearly bad, it is at the very least extremely risky. David Benatar argues, somewhat notoriously, that since it is better never to exist, one is harmed by being brought into existence and, therefore, procreation is likely always wrong and certainly always morally problematic
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |