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African Communitarianism and the Misanthropic Argument for Anti-Natalism

Autor Kirk Lougheed
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 aug 2022
Anti-natalism is the provocative view that it is either always or almost always all-things-considered wrong to procreate. Philanthropic anti-natalist arguments say that procreation is always impermissible because of the harm done to individuals who are brought into existence. Misanthropic arguments, on the other hand, hold that procreation is usually impermissible given the harm that individuals will do once brought into existence. The main purpose of this short monograph is to demonstrate that David Benatar’s misanthropic argument for anti-natalism ought to be endorsed by any version of African Communitarianism. Not only that, but there are also resources in the African philosophical tradition that offer unique support for the argument. Given the emphasis that indigenous African worldviews place on the importance of procreation and the immediate family unit this result is highly surprising. This book marks the first attempt to bring anti-natalism into conversation with contemporaryAfrican ethics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031118500
ISBN-10: 3031118502
Pagini: 91
Ilustrații: XIII, 91 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2022
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: What is African Communitarianism?.- Chapter 3: Benatar’s Misanthropic Argument for Anti-Natalism.- Chapter 4: African Communitarianism and Benatar’s Misanthropic Argument for Anti-Natalism.- Chapter 5: Conclusion.





Notă biografică

Kirk Lougheed is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Faith and Human Flourishing at LCC International University. He is also a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria.

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"Dr Lougheed's book is a brave attempt at finding some justification for anti-natalism within the context of African communitarianism. His attempt will surely elicit a lot of debate from African philosophers."
Dr Aribiah David Attoe, University of the Witwatersrand

Anti-natalism is the provocative view that it is either always or almost always all-things-considered wrong to procreate. Philanthropic anti-natalist arguments say that procreation is always impermissible because of the harm done to individuals who are brought into existence. Misanthropic arguments, on the other hand, hold that procreation is usually impermissible given the harm that individuals will do once brought into existence. The main purpose of this short monograph is to demonstrate that David Benatar’s misanthropic argument for anti-natalism ought to be endorsed by any version of African Communitarianism. Not only that, but there are also resources in the African philosophical tradition that offer unique support for the argument. Given the emphasis that indigenous African worldviews place on the importance of procreation and the immediate family unit this result is highly surprising. This book marks the first attempt to bring anti-natalism into conversation with contemporary African ethics.

Kirk Lougheed is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Faith and Human Flourishing at LCC International University. He is also a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria.

Caracteristici

Marks one of the first examinations of anti-natalism in the context of African ethics Argues for the provocative thesis that African communitarians ought to be anti-natalists Develops a novel argument for anti-natalism based on African communitarian ethics