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Benatar never answered any of Harris counter-arguments. Made absolutely no sense to me. Being anti-natalist, but stating suicide his morally wrong? If life is
by plehoux 9y ago
Benatar never answered any of Harris counter-arguments. Made absolutely no sense to me.
Being anti-natalist, but stating suicide his morally wrong? If life is so painful that we should not give it to someone, why one should not kill himself?
I think Harris nailed it in the first few minutes when he asked about how Benatar own experience of life could taint his view on this.
- grasshopperpurp 9y ago>I think Harris nailed it in the first few minutes when he asked about how Benatar own experience of life could taint his view on this But, you could say this to anyone about anything. It has no bearing on the validity of the point.
- lbl03 9y agoI haven't heard the podcast, but I can see the argument for being anti-natalist and against suicide. Anti-natalism is ultimately about avoiding human suffering (or any kind of suffering). Even if a suicide is painless, it will still cause suffering for the ones close to that person. Even if someone reaches the conclusion that life is meaningless and not worth living, it is still very difficult to decide to commit suicide for countless reasons, starting with one's instinct of self preservation.