@article {Baum875, author = {S D Baum}, title = {Better to exist: a reply to Benatar}, volume = {34}, number = {12}, pages = {875--876}, year = {2008}, doi = {10.1136/jme.2007.023986}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {A recent exchange on Benatar{\textquoteright}s book Better never to have been between Doyal and Benatar discusses Benatar{\textquoteright}s bold claim that people should not be brought into existence. Here, I expand the discussion of original position that the exchange focused on. I also discuss the asymmetries, between benefit and harm and between existence and non-existence, upon which Benatar{\textquoteright}s bold claim rests. In both discussions, I show how Benatar{\textquoteright}s bold claim can be rejected.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/34/12/875}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/34/12/875.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }