Add to ORKGOne does not read Beating Hearts passively. I found myself agreeing often, disagreeing often, and sometimes doing both at the same time. Just as frequently, the book made me reexamine my views from a perspective I had not considered before. For example, prior to reading the book, I had not explored the basis for my belief that causing the death of a living being is a morally significant act. The authors (with a post-mortem assist from Epicurus) have seen to that deficiency. This forum seems an ideal place to push that discussion a bit further
These reflections focus on three members (one professor and two alumni) of my Oxford college. Though...
If a potential person would have a good life if he were to come into existence, can we coherently re...
The advent of new, and usually costly, medical techniques enables the prolongation of life in some v...
One does not read Beating Hearts passively. I found myself agreeing often, disagreeing often, and so...
Epicurus argued that death is not bad for the one who dies, because death is annihilation of the exp...
Claims (or the implicit assumption of the inherent worth of life) are pervasive and remain virtually...
If a potential person would have a good life if he were to come into existence, can we coherently re...
This paper explores the asymmetry of pleasure and pain as expressed in David Benatar’s book Better N...
Contemporary philosopher David Benatar has advanced the self-evidently controversial claim that “com...
Existence value refers to the value humans ascribe to the existence of something, regardless of whe...
In The Case for Animal Rights, Tom Regan argues that all subjects of a life have equal inherent valu...
Contemporary philosopher David Benatar has advanced the self-evidently controversial claim that “com...
In my essay, Why abortion is immoral, I criticised discussions of the morality of abortion in which ...
This article critically explores the assumptions of anthropocentricism, as well as the sentience and...
These reflections focus on three members (one professor and two alumni) of my Oxford college. Though...
If a potential person would have a good life if he were to come into existence, can we coherently re...
The advent of new, and usually costly, medical techniques enables the prolongation of life in some v...
One does not read Beating Hearts passively. I found myself agreeing often, disagreeing often, and so...
Epicurus argued that death is not bad for the one who dies, because death is annihilation of the exp...
Claims (or the implicit assumption of the inherent worth of life) are pervasive and remain virtually...
If a potential person would have a good life if he were to come into existence, can we coherently re...
This paper explores the asymmetry of pleasure and pain as expressed in David Benatar’s book Better N...
Contemporary philosopher David Benatar has advanced the self-evidently controversial claim that “com...
Existence value refers to the value humans ascribe to the existence of something, regardless of whe...
In The Case for Animal Rights, Tom Regan argues that all subjects of a life have equal inherent valu...
Contemporary philosopher David Benatar has advanced the self-evidently controversial claim that “com...
In my essay, Why abortion is immoral, I criticised discussions of the morality of abortion in which ...
This article critically explores the assumptions of anthropocentricism, as well as the sentience and...
These reflections focus on three members (one professor and two alumni) of my Oxford college. Though...
If a potential person would have a good life if he were to come into existence, can we coherently re...
The advent of new, and usually costly, medical techniques enables the prolongation of life in some v...