Suicidal Cult of Death

[demi-conservative]

https://aeon.co/essays/having-childr...ng-its-immoral

Wait for it!!!

David Benatar is professor of philosophy and head of the department of philosophy at the University of Cape Town, where he is also the director of the Bioethics Centre

Better for him to gouge out eyes, chop hands off than to spout such evil!!

[Mountain Man]

I can almost guarantee this guy is an atheist, and if that's the case, he seems to be one of the very few to follow his worldview to its logical conclusion.

[demi-conservative]

I can almost guarantee this guy is an atheist, and if that's the case, he seems to be one of the very few to follow his worldview to its logical conclusion.

Well, he hasn't suicided yet!!

[kiwimac]

Wait for it!!!

David Benatar is professor of philosophy and head of the department of philosophy at the University of Cape Town, where he is also the director of the Bioethics Centre

Better for him to gouge out eyes, chop hands off than to spout such evil!!

Tell me just HOW this position is evil?

[Terraceth]

Well, he hasn't suicided yet!!

He spends time in the article explaining why believing that bringing someone into existence is different from ending a current existence.

I found the arguments in the article to generally be weak (and the best ones applied only to specific situations), but he did make it clear he wasn't talking about ending existing life.

[demi-conservative]

He spends time in the article explaining why believing that bringing someone into existence is different from ending a current existence.

[demi-conservative]

How is saying 'peoples, also nations, should just commit suicide by not having kids' evil?

How is saying life not worth living evil??

How is saying having children is wrong evil????

You're progtard through and through.

[demi-conservative]

Bonus, for non-tards:

The question is not whether humans will become extinct, but rather when they will. If the anti-natalist arguments are correct, it would be better, all things being equal, if this happened sooner rather than later for, the sooner it happens, the more suffering and misfortune will be avoided.

He wants everyone dead. Like I said, suicidal cult of death.

And only sad thing is, no application of his own philosophy to himself yet, 'death better than life!!!'

[Psychic Missile]

You're progtard through and through.

Regardless of his argument's merit, you seem incapable of understanding it. Why are you getting so worked up over one philosopher's opinion piece that you can't even read?

[demi-conservative]

Stop pointing out the truth!!!

No.

[Mountain Man]

The question is not whether humans will become extinct, but rather when they will. If the anti-natalist arguments are correct, it would be better, all things being equal, if this happened sooner rather than later for, the sooner it happens, the more suffering and misfortune will be avoided.

It's ironic that the painless existence that atheists so desperately want will be given to all those who submit to God's will.

[firstfloor]

Better for him to gouge out eyes, chop hands off than to spout such evil!!

[Mountain Man]

Tell me just HOW this position is evil?

I think the better question is, how is it not evil? If we follow Benatar's arguments to their logical conclusion then mass murder becomes a moral good because it prevents future suffering.

[firstfloor]

I think the better question is, how is it not evil? If we follow Benatar's arguments to their logical conclusion then mass murder becomes a moral good because it prevents future suffering.

Perhaps your miscomprehension is explained here (from the article):

[Mountain Man]

Yes, it does seem that he recognizes the logical implications of his beliefs, but he does a very poor job extricating himself from them. For instance, he employs this tortured logic:


But this rather obviously isn't an answer because logically if a life is not worth starting because of the amount of suffering that will be experienced then necessarily