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antinatalism: a standalone construct

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Ethics

view that coming into existence is always a harm, supported by an asymmetry between the absence of pain and the absence of pleasure.

In ethics, antinatalism refers to view that coming into existence is always a harm, supported by an asymmetry between the absence of pain and the absence of pleasure. This meaning comes from Benatar (2006) in Better Never to Have Been.[1]

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References

Benatar, D. (2006). Better Never to Have Been. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199296422.001.0001

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