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

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Is It Wrong to Bring Someone Into Existence?

The one question is whether coming into existence is good or bad or neutral for the being that's brought into existence. And then it's a separate question whether it's wrong to bring somebody into existencen. i'm of the view that it's never in somebody's interests to bring them into existenced that never, there's never a benefit to them. It's always, given the way the world, is going to be a net harm because there's nothing to be gained by being brought intoexistence.

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