Mortality as the horizon of every life. Essays on death, dying, and what acknowledging finitude does to the way we live.
Benatar's asymmetry argument explained in plain English: why David Benatar claims coming into existence is always a harm, plus the main objections to his view.
We are all brought into existence without our permission. This article delves into the profound philosophical and ethical implications of this 'impossible contract.'
Is it ethical to bring new people into a world of inevitable suffering? This article explores the core arguments for and against the philosophy of antinatalism.
Antinatalism vs childfree: one is a personal lifestyle choice, the other an ethical argument that procreation itself is wrong. Here is how they actually differ.
Can it ever be ethical to bring someone into existence without their consent? This article explores the profound philosophical and ethical challenges surrounding procreation.
No one asks to be born. This simple observation carries devastating implications for how we think about creation, harm, and the moral weight of bringing a new consciousness into being.
Why some of history's sharpest minds have argued that life is worse than we allow ourselves to believe.
Does coming into existence always constitute a harm? A careful examination of the asymmetry argument and its implications.
Is existentialism necessarily about the absurd? Reclaiming Sartre, de Beauvoir, and Camus as thinkers of freedom and commitment.
Reading more than one tradition does not relativize them. It reveals what they are each, separately, struggling to say.