# David Benatar
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david benatar (born 1966) is a South African philosopher, academic and author. He is best known for his advocacy of antinatalism in his book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, in which he argues that coming into existence is a serious harm, regardless of the feelings of the existing being once brought into existence, and that, as a consequence, it is always morally wrong to create more sentient beings.
== Early life and education ==
Benatar is the son of Solomon Benatar, a global-health expert who founded the Bioethics Centre at the University of Cape Town.
Best of All Is Never to Be Born | Antinatalism, a Complete Philosophy for Sleep
The oldest, strangest verdict in philosophy, that it might be better never to have been born.
Long before the word existed, the wisest voices of the ancient world kept arriving at the same strange verdict, that it might be better never to have been born at all.
This episode follows that thought a…
The Punishment of Tantalus
Tantalus was a king, and a son of Zeus, and he was invited to eat at the table of the gods, a rare honor. To test whether they were truly all-knowing, he killed his own son, cooked him, and served the body to them as a stew. They knew. For that, Tantalus was sent down to Tartarus, a place Homer des…
Through a Glass, Darkly: Part Two
Last week we ended in a laboratory in Melbourne, with a man who grows human brain cells in a dish and teaches them to play Doom. He told us they’re about as complex as a cockroach. He also told us where the cells come from. Human blood. Some of it his own.
This is the half where it stops being a qu…
The Smuggled Ledger of Moral Mathematics
Language philosopher Bry Willis argues that the non-identity problem in moral philosophy is not a genuine paradox of reality, but rather a failure of language. Willis contends that thinkers like Derek Parfit and David Benatar rely on a metaphor of moral accounting, where human well-being is treated…
Engineering Consciousness (Part Two)
When Richard Feynman died, a sentence was left on his blackboard at Caltech: “That which I cannot create, I do not understand.” Mark Solms took this as a challenge.
A quick word up top about the week AI doom went mainstream, and why this show isn’t about that. Then: part two of a three-part story a…
The Predicament of Existence - David Benatar on Anti-Natalism
In this interview, David Benatar discusses his anti-natalist views with David Rutledge in a 2022 episode of ABC Radio National's show the Philosopher's Zone. David Benatar is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. For more information about the program and additio…
Anti-Natalism Interview with David Benatar (2024)
Audio recording of David Benatar discussing his anti-natalist views in a short interview with Andy Park in a 2024 episode of this ABC Radio National program called The Drawing Room. David Benatar is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. You can find more i…
A Great Loss to the Universe (Part Three)
Content note: this episode includes a brief discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the US. Outside the US, you can find a local helpline at https://findahelpline.com.
Neuropsychoanalysis pioneer Mark Solms says…
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