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The gift that doesn’t keep on giving: non-existence

The philosophy of anti-natalism refuses to die. In the latest issue of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Finnish bioethicist Matti Häyry renews the argument for reproductive abstinence. The headline over the article gives the game away: “If You Must Give Them a Gift, Then Give Them the Gift of Nonexistence”.

Häyry takes a fairly glum view of existence. He writes: “I have lived a relatively good life, as far as human lives go, and it is perfectly possible that I will continue to do so. With any luck, I can fake it to the end and create a fairly decent bionarrative. Yet I do not particularly want to experience any of it.”

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By Ana Lita|2023-01-19T03:59:59+00:00January 19th, 2023|News-Letters|Comments Off on The gift that doesn’t keep on giving: non-existence

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