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#12 — David Benatar | Is It Immoral To Have Children?

Within Reason

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Is There a Difference Between the Two Senarias?

When you compare the two situations, it is better for the person that they don't exist. But do you not see a problemwith framing the absence of that pain as a positive good? I think it's g is going to be a problem if you insist on using the ordinary concepts in the unusual case. Then i don't think there's anything mysterious or strange about saying that when you make this comparison between the two sonarios. If we switch the if we switch the situation around, and i know you don't think this is true for any a human being that lives, but we can hypothesise a human being for whom there is a majority of pleasure,. Now, you would say that

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