Is It Immoral To Have Children? | Talking with David Benatar

Alex O'Connor
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Chapters & Sections (38)

0:00 Interview with Professor David Benatar on Antinatalism chapter 3
0:00 Interview with Professor David Benatar on Antinatalism
3:17 Veganism and Antinatalism Connection Discussed
5:20 Philosophical Discussion of Antinatalism
7:06 Pain and Suffering: Intrinsic vs Instrumental Value chapter 3
7:06 Utilitarianism and the Nature of Pain
9:59 Moral Implications of Bringing New Life
11:35 Ethics of Bringing Someone into Existence
13:42 Asymmetries and Intuitions in Ethics chapter 3
13:42 Asymmetries and Intuition in Antinatalism
15:11 Philosophical Intuitions vs Theoretical Views
17:08 Evaluating Intuitions in Moral Philosophy
19:23 Adapting Moral Concepts to Unusual Cases chapter 3
19:23 Philosophical Approach to Non-Existent Person
22:47 Philosophical Debate on Antinatalism
25:03 Philosophical Discussion on Antinatalism and Asymmetry
26:55 Moral Neutrality of Non-Existent Being chapter 3
26:55 Moral Neutrality of Non-Existent Being
29:30 Moral Implications of Non-Existence vs Existence
31:09 Antinatalism and the Asymmetry of Pleasure and Pain
33:12 Axial Logical Asymmetry and Antinatalism chapter 2
33:12 Philosophical Discussion on Antinatalism
36:17 Moral Worth of Unaware Beneficial Outcomes
38:39 Philosophical Discussion on Harm and Suffering chapter 3
38:39 Philosophical Discussion on Harm and Suffering
41:21 Moral Implications of Painless Murder
42:42 Epicurean View on Harm and Death
44:18 Philosophical Discussion on Death and Antinatalism chapter 2
44:18 Philosophical Discussion on Death and Antinatalism
48:47 Philosophical Discussion on Antinatalism
50:35 Moral Implications of Human Extinction Methods chapter 3
50:35 Moral Implications of Human Extinction Methods
52:54 Philosophical Debate on Phased Extinction
54:48 Moral Responsibility and Hypothetical Situations
57:55 Moral Obligation to End Suffering vs. Existence chapter 3
57:55 Moral Obligation to End Suffering vs. Existence
1:00:08 Time Travel and Existential Obligations
1:01:43 Counterfactual Judgments and Existence Conditions

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