David Benatar quotes

It is curious that while good people go to great lengths to spare their children from suffering, few of them seem to notice that the one (and only) guaranteed way to prevent all the suffering of their children is not to bring those children into existence in the first place. (David Benatar)
On my view there is no net benefit to coming into existence and thus coming into existence is never worth its costs. View quote
David Benatar

David Benatar

Occupation: Professor
Quotes count: 2

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