TY - JOUR T1 - Better to exist: a reply to Benatar JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 875 LP - 876 DO - 10.1136/jme.2007.023986 VL - 34 IS - 12 AU - S D Baum Y1 - 2008/12/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/34/12/875.abstract N2 - A recent exchange on Benatar’s book Better never to have been between Doyal and Benatar discusses Benatar’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’s bold claim rests. In both discussions, I show how Benatar’s bold claim can be rejected. ER -