PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hyperbole, Vagueness, Robert Nozick
3 Apr 2016
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Suggested topics: explain and criically discuss david benatar"s asymmetry argument for the thesis (nihilism) that, for any person, non-existence is preferable to existence. Benatar"s argument is presented in chapter two of his book beter never to have lived. The only reading in our list of topics and readings that discusses this argument is. Reading 3, jean kazez"s review of benatar"s book, which is posted on culearn. That is a probably the best place for you to begin. The argument is also discussed in the slides nihilism 1 , slides 60-68. You will be able to ind addiional discussions of. Benatar"s argument online (but you"re not required to do this). 2 since no overall complete explanaion of the existence of living things could be given in terms of the purposes of any set of non-divine agents. how convincing is. Support your view by argument: hedonism is the doctrine that pleasure is the only thing that is intrinsically good and valuable.
