The Antinatalism Magazine
The Antinatalism Magazine

Author: Francois Tremblay

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-02

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781549654930

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The Antinatalism Magazine is the world's first magazine dedicated to philosophy of antinatalism. Antinatalism magazine aims to develop and promote the philosophy of antinatalism, and to facilitate discussion on the philosophy of antinatalism. Publication interests of The Antinatalism Magazine includes, but not limited to, philanthropic antinatalism, misanthropic antinatalism, antintalism advocacy, activism, movement, organization and strategy, religious antinatalism, criticism of antinatalism, hedonistic antinatalism, non-human animal (zoophilic) antinatalism, wild animal suffering, wildlife antinatalism and suffering focused ethics.Submission policyInquiries and submissions should be sent to the editor, Jiwoon Hwang ([email protected]).By sending your article, you confirm that you have the rights to the article, and grants the magazine the right to reproduce your article on the website or on the (paper or electronic) magazine. We reserve the right to edit your submission for publication. We can not guarantee that your article will be accepted for publication. Submissions in languages other than English are welcome. Submission can be also about criticism of antinatalism.

The Antinatalism Magazine #3
The Antinatalism Magazine #3

Author: Theophile Giraud

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-19

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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The Antinatalism Magazine is a magazine focused on the ethics of procreation. This is the third issue, and includes articles from Théophile de Giraud, K. Kalvall and Katerina Lochmanová. The magazine includes a travel guide in Norway to Peter Wessel Zapffe related places written by Tim Oseckas, a antinatalism novel called «The Gag Gift» from author Gregory Jahn, several interviews and a memory section for the founder of the magazine Jiwoon Hwang.

Better Never to Have Been
Better Never to Have Been

Author: David Benatar

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0199549265

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Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. David Benatar presents a startling challenge to these assumptions. He argues that people systematically overestimate the quality of their life, and suffer quite serious harms by coming into existence.

History of Antinatalism
History of Antinatalism

Author: Michal Kutás

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-17

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13:

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This collective monography deals with the history of antinatalism. It aims to supplement Ken Coates՚ monography Anti-Natalism: Rejectionist Philosophy from Buddhism to Benatar. Therefore, after rejecting David Benatars՚ analytical approach, it starts with the intellectual history of antinatalism in antiquity and the Middle Ages in general, with a focus on neglected tenets of the asymmetry and quality arguments in Aristotle's Eudemus and in early Christianity. Then it carries on with modern age up to the present, with a focus on the rarely identified precursors of the asymmetry argument, followed by analyses of some antinatalistic elements in Vladimir Solovyov, and of the almost unknown antinatalistic author bearing the pen name Kurnig. Finally, it returns to the contemporary antinatalism, this time focused on its implications in sexual ethics and in the ethics of suicide.

The Human Predicament
The Human Predicament

Author: David Benatar

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-05-05

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0190633832

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Are our lives meaningful, or meaningless? Is our inevitable death a bad thing? Would immortality be an improvement? Would it be better, all things considered, to hasten our deaths by suicide? Many people ask these big questions -- and some people are plagued by them. Surprisingly, analytic philosophers have said relatively little about these important questions about the meaning of life. When they have tackled the big questions, they have tended, like popular writers, to offer comforting, optimistic answers. The Human Predicament invites readers to take a clear-eyed and unfettered view of the human condition. David Benatar here offers a substantial, but not unmitigated, pessimism about the central questions of human existence. He argues that while our lives can have some meaning, we are ultimately the insignificant beings that we fear we might be. He maintains that the quality of life, although less bad for some than for others, leaves much to be desired in even the best cases. Worse, death is generally not a solution; in fact, it exacerbates rather than mitigates our cosmic meaninglessness. While it can release us from suffering, it imposes another cost - annihilation. This state of affairs has nuanced implications for how we should think about many things, including immortality and suicide, and how we should think about the possibility of deeper meaning in our lives. Ultimately, this thoughtful, provocative, and deeply candid treatment of life's big questions will interest anyone who has contemplated why we are here, and what the answer means for how we should live.

The Character Gap
The Character Gap

Author: Christian B. Miller

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0190264225

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We like to think of ourselves and our friends and families as pretty good people. The more we put our characters to the test, however, the more we see that we are decidedly a mixed bag. Fortunately there are some promising strategies - both secular and religious - for developing better characters.

Human Extinction
Human Extinction

Author: Émile P. Torres

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-06-15

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 1000904059

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This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "existential risks." Many leading intellectuals agree that the risk of human extinction this century may be higher than at any point in our 300,000-year history as a species. This book provides insight on the key questions that inform this discussion, including when humans began to worry about their own extinction and how the debate has changed over time. It establishes a new theoretical foundation for thinking about the ethics of our extinction, arguing that extinction would be very bad under most circumstances, although the outcome might be, on balance, good. Throughout the book, graphs, tables, and images further illustrate how human choices and attitudes about extinction have evolved in Western history. In its thorough examination of humanity’s past, this book also provides a starting point for understanding our future. Although accessible enough to be read by undergraduates, Human Extinction contains new and thought-provoking research that will benefit even established academic philosophers and historians.

Practical Ethics
Practical Ethics

Author: Peter Singer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-02-21

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1139496891

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For thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the author has revised and updated all the chapters and added a new chapter addressing climate change, one of the most important ethical challenges of our generation. Some of the questions discussed in this book concern our daily lives. Is it ethical to buy luxuries when others do not have enough to eat? Should we buy meat from intensively reared animals? Am I doing something wrong if my carbon footprint is above the global average? Other questions confront us as concerned citizens: equality and discrimination on the grounds of race or sex; abortion, the use of embryos for research and euthanasia; political violence and terrorism; and the preservation of our planet's environment. This book's lucid style and provocative arguments make it an ideal text for university courses and for anyone willing to think about how she or he ought to live.

Xenofeminism
Xenofeminism

Author: Helen Hester

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-05-21

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 150952066X

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In an era of accelerating technology and increasing complexity, how should we reimagine the emancipatory potential of feminism? How should gender politics be reconfigured in a world being transformed by automation, globalization and the digital revolution? These questions are addressed in this bold new book by Helen Hester, a founding member of the 'Laboria Cuboniks' collective that developed the acclaimed manifesto 'Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation'. Hester develops a three-part definition of xenofeminism grounded in the ideas of technomaterialism, anti-naturalism, and gender abolitionism. She elaborates these ideas in relation to assistive reproductive technologies and interrogates the relationship between reproduction and futurity, while steering clear of a problematic anti-natalism. Finally, she examines what xenofeminist technologies might look like in practice, using the history of one specific device to argue for a future-oriented gender politics that can facilitate alternative models of reproduction. Challenging and iconoclastic, this visionary book is the essential guide to one of the most exciting intellectual trends in contemporary feminism.

Liberal States, Authoritarian Families
Liberal States, Authoritarian Families

Author: Rita Koganzon

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0197568807

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Liberal States, Authoritarian Families sheds new light on longstanding questions in educational and political philosophy about the relationship between parents and children in a liberal state. Contemporary theorists argue that the family should be democratized to reflect the egalitarian ideals of the liberal state, but Koganzon argues that this desire for "congruence" between familial and state authority was originally illiberal in origin, advanced bytheorists of absolute sovereignty like Bodin and Hobbes. By contrast, early liberals like Locke and Rousseau rejected congruence, denying personal authority in government while reinforcing it within the family. Against the contemporary view that authority is the enemy of liberty, Koganzon shows how familial andpedagogical authority were originally conceived as necessary preservatives for liberty.