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Procreative Ethics and Antinatalism

Benatar's asymmetry between absent pain and absent pleasure, Savulescu's procreative beneficence, and the repugnant conclusion that squeezes both

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Will defineantinatalismasymmetry argumentprocreative beneficenceprior existence view
Assumesnon-identity problemperson-affecting principleutilitarianismharmrepugnant conclusiontotal view

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