没有的困境:对贝纳塔的回应

IF 0.5 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY Philosophical Papers Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.1080/05568641.2020.1850328
C. Vitrano
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摘要在最近出版的《人类困境》一书中,David Benatar将人类状况描述为一种悲剧性的困境,其结果是我们应该避免生孩子,并采取务实的悲观态度。我认为他的悲观主义和反出生主义都是没有道理的,我关注两个特点:我们的生活缺乏意义和生活质量差。我首先认为,缺乏宇宙意义并不是令人遗憾的严重原因,而陆地意义的存在,尤其是从更有限的角度来看,被贝纳塔低估了。然后,我质疑贝纳塔关于我们生活质量的说法,认为我们对逆境的适应力不是我们应该后悔的,而是值得庆祝的。
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The Predicament That Wasn’t: A Reply to Benatar
Abstract In his recent book The Human Predicament, David Benatar describes the human condition as a tragic predicament, and the upshot is that we ought to refrain from having children and adopt an attitude of pragmatic pessimism. I argue that both his pessimism and anti-natalism are not warranted, and I focus on two features: the lack of meaning in our lives and their poor quality. I begin by arguing that the lack of cosmic meaning does not present a serious reason for regret, and the presence of terrestrial meaning, especially when viewed from the more limited perspectives, is undervalued by Benatar. Then I challenge Benatar’s claims about the quality of our lives, arguing that our resilience to adversity is not something we ought to regret, but to celebrate.
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