Benatar and Beyond: Rethinking the Consequences of Asymmetry

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dc.contributor.authorDraper, Kaila
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-16T14:56:40Z
dc.date.available2023-10-16T14:56:40Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-04
dc.descriptionThis article was originally published in Utilitas. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0953820823000146. Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press
dc.description.abstractDavid Benatar's asymmetry argument in defense of anti-natalism is unconvincing, but not, as most of his critics would have it, because the alleged asymmetry on which it is based does not exist. Rather, the problem is that the existence of that asymmetry does not warrant the conclusion that it is better never to have been. This paper explains Benatar's mistake and identifies the correct conclusions to draw from the axiological asymmetry he identifies. It also sheds light on certain puzzles in population ethics.
dc.identifier.citationDraper, Kaila. “Benatar and Beyond: Rethinking the Consequences of Asymmetry.” Utilitas, 2023, 1–15. doi:10.1017/S0953820823000146.
dc.identifier.issn1741-6183
dc.identifier.urihttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/33552
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUtilitas
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleBenatar and Beyond: Rethinking the Consequences of Asymmetry
dc.typeArticle

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