The Hypothetical Consent Objection to Anti-Natalism
A very common but untested assumption is that potential children would consent to be exposed to the harms of existence in order to experience its benefits (if it were possible for us to ask and for them to respond). And so, would-be parents might appeal to the following view: Procreation is all-thin...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2018]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 5, Pages: 1135-1150 |
| RelBib Classification: | NCB Personal ethics VA Philosophy |
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B Paternalism B Seana Shiffrin B procreative ethics B Anti-natalism B David Benatar B Hypothetical consent |
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