Ethics
Grim news from the original position: a reply to Professor Doyal
Correspondence to:
D Benatar, Philosophy Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa; David.Benatar{at}uct.ac.za
In his review of my book, Better never to have been, Len Doyal suggests, contrary to my view, that rational beings in the original position might prefer coming into existence to the alternative of never existing, if their lives were to include enough good and not too much bad. I argue, in response, that Professor Doyal fails to make his case.
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