David Benatar - David Benatar (born 1966) is a South African philosopher, academic and author. He is best known for his advocacy of antinatalism in his book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, in which he argues that coming into existence is a serious harm, regardless of the feelings of the existing being once brought into existence, and that, as a consequence, it is always morally wrong to create sentient beings.Benatar is vegan, and has taken part in debates on veganism. He has argued that humans are responsible for the suffering and deaths of billions of other humans and non human animals. If that level of destruction were caused by another species we would rapidly recommend that new members of that species not be brought David Benatar (born 1966) is a South African philosophe...
