Better never to have been : the harm of coming into existence
Published 1 January 2008
David Benatar
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This book explains why coming into existence is always a harm and how bad it is to be born, and investigates the pro- and anti-abortion views on having children.
Abstract
Drawing on relevant psychological literature, the author shows that there are a number of well-documented features of human psychology that explain why people systematically overestimate the quality of their lives and why they are thus resistant to the suggestion that they were seriously harmed by being brought into existence.
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