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306Morally, We Should Prefer to Exist: A Response to SmilanskyAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 93 (4): 817-821. 2015.In a recent article [AJP, 2013], Saul Smilansky argues that our own existence is regrettable and that we should prefer not to have existed at all. I show why Smilansky's argument is fallacious, if we understand terms like ‘regrettable’ and ‘prefer’ in a straightforward non-deviant way
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Victoria University of WellingtonSchool of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International RelationsMasters student
Wadestown, New Zealand
Areas of Interest
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Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Religion |
Applied Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Mental Causation |