The case for not being born(newyorker.com)
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The case for not being born
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-case-for-not-being-born
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Unless the philosopher puts his money where his mouth is I call bullshit.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-case-for-not-being-born
The philosopher wishes to remain reclusive so as not to taint the force of his argument by allowing cheap psychologizing of his character. But this reclusiveness is itself telling - his philosophy is yet another attempt to fetishize the act of doing philosophy by elevating it above the fray of human action- a superior form of life unrestrained by corporeal needs. Here taken to its logical limit.