How to reject Benatar’s asymmetry argument

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  • dc.contributor.author Magnusson, Erik
  • dc.date.accessioned 2020-03-18T09:49:54Z
  • dc.date.issued 2019
  • dc.description.abstract In this paper, I reconsider David Benatar’s primary argument for anti-natalism—the asymmetry argument— and outline a three-step process for rejecting it. I begin in Part I by reconstructing the asymmetry argument into three main premises. I then turn in Parts II-IV to explain how each of these premises is in fact false. Finally, I conclude in Part V by considering the relationship between the asymmetry argument and the quality of life argument in Benatar’s overall case for anti-natalism and argue that it is the latter argument that is actually doing the work. In this sense, the asymmetry argument is not only unsuccessful in generating Benatar’s anti-natalist conclusion; it is also unnecessary as well.
  • dc.description.sponsorship Funding information: H2020 European Research Council, Grant/ Award Number: 648610 (Grant Acronym: Family Justice).
  • dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
  • dc.identifier.citation Magnusson E. How to reject Benatar’s asymmetry argument. Bioethics. 2019 Apr 23;33(6):674-83. DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12582
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12582
  • dc.identifier.issn 0269-9702
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/43932
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Wiley
  • dc.relation.ispartof Bioethics. 2019 Apr 23;33(6):674-83
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/648610
  • dc.rights This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Magnusson E. How to reject Benatar’s asymmetry argument. Bioethics. 2019 Apr 23:1-10., which has been published in final form at https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12582. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
  • dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
  • dc.subject.keyword Anti-natalism
  • dc.subject.keyword Asymmetry argument
  • dc.subject.keyword Quality of life argument
  • dc.subject.keyword David Benatar
  • dc.subject.keyword Procreative ethics
  • dc.title How to reject Benatar’s asymmetry argument
  • dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
  • dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

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