The inherent asymmetry of making procreation decisions

• Main Author: Wong, Pei Xing
• Other Authors: Andrew T. Forcehimes
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Ethics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76555
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Anti-natalism is the view that procreation should not be permissible under all circumstances. David Benatar is a proponent of anti-natalism who argues that existence always harms and never benefits the person coming into existence. This is due to a basic asymmetry in the values of absent pains and a...