Hi there. Research psychologist with a love for philosophy, particularly Camus, Nietzsche, Zizek, Satre, Lacan, Marx, and so forth. Torn between my Marxist leanings and a misanthropy I feel for humanity.
But anyway, Greetings.
Hi, from South Africa
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Dalek Prime
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Re: Hi, from South Africa
Very cool. Welcome. You might like your countryman, David Benatar, professor of philosophy at UCT. Ever heard of him?proXy124c41 wrote:Hi there. Research psychologist with a love for philosophy, particularly Camus, Nietzsche, Zizek, Satre, Lacan, Marx, and so forth. Torn between my Marxist leanings and a misanthropy I feel for humanity.
But anyway, Greetings.
Re: Hi, from South Africa
Does Benatar experience joy from anything in existence?Has he acknowledged such in any of his writings?Dalek Prime wrote:Very cool. Welcome. You might like your countryman, David Benatar, professor of philosophy at UCT. Ever heard of him?proXy124c41 wrote:Hi there. Research psychologist with a love for philosophy, particularly Camus, Nietzsche, Zizek, Satre, Lacan, Marx, and so forth. Torn between my Marxist leanings and a misanthropy I feel for humanity.
But anyway, Greetings.
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Re: Hi, from South Africa
Of course he does. All antinatalists do. But it's not about those existing. It's about existence in general, the ethics involved in creating it anew, and questions its necessity.tbieter wrote:Does Benatar experience joy from anything in existence?Has he acknowledged such in any of his writings?Dalek Prime wrote:Very cool. Welcome. You might like your countryman, David Benatar, professor of philosophy at UCT. Ever heard of him?proXy124c41 wrote:Hi there. Research psychologist with a love for philosophy, particularly Camus, Nietzsche, Zizek, Satre, Lacan, Marx, and so forth. Torn between my Marxist leanings and a misanthropy I feel for humanity.
But anyway, Greetings.
Kinda funny that a misanthropist is questioning an antinatalist's ability to find joy. We like people. Actually, we question existence because we like people, and don't want them to suffer unnecessarily.
Zizek is an antinatalist, by the way, though he has children. He's been quoted as such.