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The human predicament by David Benatar
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BENATAR, David. The Human Predicament: a candid guide to life's biggest questions. Nova Iorque: Oxford University Press, 2017.
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BENATAR, David. Better never to have been: the harm of coming to existence. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
BENATAR, David. The human predicament: a candid guide to life’s biggest questions. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
HALLICH, Oliver; HAUSKELLER, Michael. Introduction. In: Would it be better if we had never existed? David Benatar’s anti-natalism. The Journal of Value Inquiry, 56, 2022. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-022-09882-w. Acesso em 15 de jan. 2025.
JANAWAY, Christopher. Schopenhauer and anti-natalism. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, Londres, pp. 1-25, 2025. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2025.2589084. Acesso em 06 dez. 2025.
OLIVEIRA, André Mário Gonçalves. O antinatalismo benatariano e o pessimismo metafísico de Schopenhauer. Voluntas: Revista Internacional de Filosofia, Santa Maria, v. 15, n. 1, pp. 1-27, 2024. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378688376. Acesso em: 30 de out. 2024.
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