TY - JOUR T1 - Grim news for an unoriginal position: a reply to Seth Baum JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 328 LP - 329 DO - 10.1136/jme.2008.028910 VL - 35 IS - 5 AU - D Benatar Y1 - 2009/05/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/35/5/328.abstract N2 - Seth Baum suggests that my claim that it is better never to come into existence “can readily be rejected not just out of reflexive distaste for the claim but also out of sound ethical reasoning”. In my reply, I argue that Mr Baum fails to state accurately what my arguments are, and then attempts to refute them by association with other views that he dismisses perfunctorily. Where he does actually engage in my views, his response is effectively merely to assert the opposite. ER -