Attribute to L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise

Not much to say this week, there is this:

Philosopher: ‘Having Children is Immoral’
by Daniel Lattier

It’s widely believed that the beginning of the Hippocratic Oath�history’s most famous medical document�states “First, do no harm.”

It actually doesn’t. Nevertheless, this sentiment is the driving principle behind philosophy professor David Benatar’s argument that “people should never, under any circumstance, procreate.”

Benatar—the head of the philosophy department at the University of Cape Town, South Africa—first laid out his case for “anti-natalism” in his 2006 book Better Never to Have Been, and provides a reiteration of it in a recently published essay on Aeon titled “Kids? Just say no.”
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Well, now. Benatar thinks people are awful and wants them all dead. So … why doesn't he kill himself? Oh, right, he wants you and me to kill ourselvs first. Or instead. Of course, I am talking logic, and what does a professor of philosophy know about logic, eh? Er ….

Book of the week, read it a long time ago, and it is still a good one:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. It is way better than that movie, although on its own terms the movie was pretty good, for a movie containing very little of the book it was “based on”. Hollywood. What can ya do.