Apr 26, 2020
Professor David Benatar is a South African philosopher, academic
and author, and head of the philosophy department at the University
of Cape Town in South Africa. He is best known for his defence of
antinatalism, the view that it is immoral to have children (though
more specifically, to bring new sentient beings into
existence).
Professor Benatar speaks to Alex about the asymmetry of pleasure
and pain, and the two debate whether being anti-birth commits one
to being pro-death.