Benatar y la asimetría dolor-placer
Benatar y la asimetría dolor-placer \AtBeginDocument{\providecommand\fnref[1]{\ref{fn:#1}}} 1 Preámbulo «(1) the presence of pain is bad, (2) the presence of pleasure is good. [...] (3) the absence of pain is good, even if that good is not enjoyed by anyone, (4) the absence of pleasure is not bad unless there is somebody for whom this absence is a deprivation. [...] Of the pain of an existing person, (3) says that the absence of this pain would have been good even if this could only have been achieved by the absence of the person who now suffers it. [...] Clearly (3) does not entail the absurd literal claim that there is some actual person for whom the absent pain is good. [...] First, the asymmetry between (3) and (4) is the best explanation for the view that while there is a duty to avoid bringing suffering people into existence, there is no duty to bring happy people into being. [...] It might be objected that there is an alternative explanation...