Sartre, Camus, Kierkegaard, and the absurd. Essays on the existentialist tradition and its uneasy relationship with both nihilism and hope.
This essay explores the tension between existentialist meaning-making and the ethics of procreation, questioning if a self-created purpose can justify imposing an absurd existence on another.
Antinatalism isn't misanthropy; it's a complex ethical philosophy arguing that bringing new sentient beings into existence is a net harm. This article explores why.
Birth is the one event that happens to everyone, yet no one consents to it. This article explores the challenging philosophical view of antinatalism, which questions the very ethics of procreation.
The decision to have a child is often seen as deeply personal. But what if it's the most profound ethical act one can perform?
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.
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.
Is existentialism necessarily about the absurd? Reclaiming Sartre, de Beauvoir, and Camus as thinkers of freedom and commitment.