To Be or Never to Have Been: Anti-Natalism and a Life Worth Living https://buff.ly/2NlKM5C pic.twitter.com/1SEvLrOkpu
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Isn't it obvious that philosophers who are high in Neuroticism (anxiety, depression, pessimism) tend to be anti-natalist, and those who aren't tend to be pro-natalist? If so, why take seriously their pseudo-ethical post-hoc rationalizations for their temperaments?
Benatar et al are making _empirical_ claims that most people experience more negative than positive utility, and don't have lives worth living. This is contradicted by copious research on subjective well-being. I think their temperament is biasing their perception of other lives.
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Have you read Benatar's book? There's a section there on why he thinks we tend to overestimate how well our lives are going, based on the subjective well-being literature.
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That assumes "how well your life is going" is a coherent, meaningful concept outside of how you experience and evaluate it.
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