Episode 69: Should We Bring Children Into Existence?


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Jul 25 2024 124 mins   43

Phil and Jake are joined by Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman, the authors of What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice, to discuss David Benatar's 1997 paper "Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence," alongside Paul Schrader's 2017 film First Reformed.



The Manifesto:

David Benatar - "Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence"

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20009904



The Art:

Paul Schrader - First Reformed

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6053438/



Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman - What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250276131/whatarechildrenfor



For more of Anastasia's work

https://www.anastasiaberg.com/



Rachel's work at The Point

https://thepointmag.com/author/rwiseman/