Anti Natalism
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Anti Natalism Rejectionist Philosophy From Buddhism To Benatar
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Author : Ken Coates
language : en
Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.
Release Date : 2014-03-24
Anti Natalism Rejectionist Philosophy From Buddhism To Benatar written by Ken Coates and has been published by First Edition Design Pub. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-24 with Philosophy categories.
The last few decades seem to have begun what has been called 'the childless revolution'. In developed countries, increasingly people are choosing not to have children. The causes of this 'revolution' are many including the belief that to create a new life is to subject someone unnecessarily, and without their consent, to life's many sufferings including death. This belief and its underlying philosophy is known as anti-natalism. There has been a recent resurgence of this philosophy, with David Benatar's book Better Never To Have Been (2006) as a major catalyst. Anti-natalism can be seen as part of a broader philosophy, described here as Rejectionism, which finds existence -directly or indirectly, i.e. as procreation - as deeply problematic and unacceptable. The book traces the development of this philosophy from its ancient religious roots in Hinduism (Moksha) and Buddhism (Nirvana) to its most modern articulation by the South African philosopher David Benatar. It examines the contribution to rejectionist thought by Schopenhauer and von Hartmann in the 19th century and Zapffe, a little known Norwegian thinker, in the 20th century, and most recently by Benatar. Benatar and Zapffe represent this approach most clearly as anti-natalism. The book also devotes a chapter to the literary expression of rejectionist philosophy in the works of Samuel Beckett and J.P.Sartre. In sum, far from being an esoteric doctrine rejectionism has been a major presence in human history straddling all three major cultural forms - religious, philosophical and literary. The book argues that anti-natal philosophy and its practice owe a great deal to three major developments: secularization, liberalization of social attitudes, and technological advances (contraception). Anti-natal attitudes and practice should therefore be seen as a part of 'progress' in that these developments are widening our choice of lifestyles and attitudes to existence. In sum, The book argues that anti-natalism needs to be taken seriously and considered as a legitimate view of a modern, secular civilization. Secondly, the book seeks to situate current anti-natalist thought in its historical and philosophical perspective. Finally, it argues that in order to develop anti-natalism further it needs to be institutionalized as a form rational 'philosophy of life', and more attention needs to be paid to the problems and prospect of putting this philosophy into practice.
History Of Antinatalism
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Author : Michal Kutás
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-17
History Of Antinatalism written by Michal Kutás and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-17 with categories.
This collective monography deals with the history of antinatalism. It aims to supplement Ken Coates՚ monography Anti-Natalism: Rejectionist Philosophy from Buddhism to Benatar. Therefore, after rejecting David Benatars՚ analytical approach, it starts with the intellectual history of antinatalism in antiquity and the Middle Ages in general, with a focus on neglected tenets of the asymmetry and quality arguments in Aristotle's Eudemus and in early Christianity. Then it carries on with modern age up to the present, with a focus on the rarely identified precursors of the asymmetry argument, followed by analyses of some antinatalistic elements in Vladimir Solovyov, and of the almost unknown antinatalistic author bearing the pen name Kurnig. Finally, it returns to the contemporary antinatalism, this time focused on its implications in sexual ethics and in the ethics of suicide.
Contemporary Anti Natalism
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Author : Thaddeus Metz
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-11-10
Contemporary Anti Natalism written by Thaddeus Metz and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-10 with Philosophy categories.
Given the pain, discomfort, anxiety, heartbreak, and boredom that most humans experience in their lives, is it morally permissible to create them? Some philosophers lately have answered ‘No’, contending that it is wrong to create a new human life when one could avoid doing so, because it would be bad for the one created. This view is known as ‘anti-natalism’. Some contributors to this volume argue that anti-natalism is true because: agents have a prima facie duty to prevent suffering; it is immoral to violate another’s right not to be harmed without having consented to it; and it is a serious wrong to exploit the weakness of a poorly off being to become a biological parent. Others here argue against anti-natalism on the ground, for instance, that many of our lives are not so bad and in fact are quite good and that the logic of anti-natalism absurdly entails pro-mortalism, the view that we should kill off as many people as possible. This book explores these and related issues concerning the evaluative question of how to judge the worthwhileness of lives and the normative question of what basic duties entail for the creation of new lives. Excepting one, all the chapters in this book were originally published in the South African Journal of Philosophy.
Better Never To Have Been
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Author : David Benatar
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008
Better Never To Have Been written by David Benatar and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Medical categories.
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.
African Communitarianism And The Misanthropic Argument For Anti Natalism
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Author : Kirk Lougheed
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-08-08
African Communitarianism And The Misanthropic Argument For Anti Natalism written by Kirk Lougheed and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-08 with Philosophy categories.
Anti-natalism is the provocative view that it is either always or almost always all-things-considered wrong to procreate. Philanthropic anti-natalist arguments say that procreation is always impermissible because of the harm done to individuals who are brought into existence. Misanthropic arguments, on the other hand, hold that procreation is usually impermissible given the harm that individuals will do once brought into existence. The main purpose of this short monograph is to demonstrate that David Benatar’s misanthropic argument for anti-natalism ought to be endorsed by any version of African Communitarianism. Not only that, but there are also resources in the African philosophical tradition that offer unique support for the argument. Given the emphasis that indigenous African worldviews place on the importance of procreation and the immediate family unit this result is highly surprising. This book marks the first attempt to bring anti-natalism into conversation with contemporary African ethics.
Anti Natalism
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Author : GMSEED
language : en
Publisher: GMSEED
Release Date : 2022-05-17
Anti Natalism written by GMSEED and has been published by GMSEED this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-17 with Philosophy categories.
This book presents the case for anti-natalism, in that the mindless procreation of the human race is to be viewed negatively. The population of the human species is totally out of control and having an irreversible impact not only on the human race itself but also the animals we farm to sustain our huge numbers, the billions of animals we domesticate, wildlife and the environment.
Debating Procreation
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Author : David Benatar
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-01
Debating Procreation written by David Benatar and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-01 with Philosophy categories.
While procreation is ubiquitous, attention to the ethical issues involved in creating children is relatively rare. In Debating Procreation, David Benatar and David Wasserman take opposing views on this important question. David Benatar argues for the anti-natalist view that it is always wrong to bring new people into existence. He argues that coming into existence is always a serious harm and that even if it were not always so, the risk of serious harm is sufficiently great to make procreation wrong. In addition to these "philanthropic" arguments, he advances the "misanthropic" one that because humans are so defective and cause vast amounts of harm, it is wrong to create more of them. David Wasserman defends procreation against the anti-natalist challenge. He outlines a variety of moderate pro-natalist positions, which all see procreation as often permissible but never required. After criticizing the main anti-natalist arguments, he reviews those pronatalist positions. He argues that constraints on procreation are best understood in terms of the role morality of prospective parents, considers different views of that role morality, and argues for one that imposes only limited constraints based on the well-being of the future child. He then argues that the expected good of a future child and of the parent-child relationship can provide a strong justification for procreation in the face of expected adversities without giving individuals any moral reason to procreate
Assessing Anti Natalism
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Author : Asheel Singh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Assessing Anti Natalism written by Asheel Singh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Human beings categories.
Antinatalism
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Author : Karim Akerma
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Antinatalism written by Karim Akerma and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with categories.
Procreation Is Murder
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Author : Anti Procreation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-03-18
Procreation Is Murder written by Anti Procreation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-18 with categories.
Anti Procreation defends anti-natalism (antinatalism) with analytic rigour and compares procreative and non-procreative infliction of death and suffering, and defends other grounds for anti-natalism.