Benatar's argument posits a kind of false consciousness. "You shouldn't want to live as much as you do." But I do. https://aeon.co/essays/having-children-is-not-life-affirming-its-immoral?utm_term=0_411a82e59d-201d0f83d7-68761957&utm_content=bufferb351a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer …
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Replying to @literalbanana
Well I think people get mad each time he pops up again. It's good philosophy clickbait.
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Replying to @BDSixsmith
it’s funny to see over and over again the same triggering of the same thoughts and rationalizations
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Replying to @literalbanana @BDSixsmith
almost like we’re on rails all the time
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Replying to @literalbanana
I'll never deny that it can seem eerily plausible. But it seemed far more plausible when I was more depressed.
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Replying to @BDSixsmith
yeah I used to think arguments were important but now I’m more interested in the rails
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Replying to @literalbanana
Your arguments were certainly better written ;)
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