Benatar's asymmetry argument

It has been suggested that this article be merged into Asymmetry (population ethics). (Discuss) Proposed since March 2024.

Benatar's asymmetry argument for antinatalism is an argument based on the difference between harms and benefits viewed in two scenarios — when the person in question exists and when the person in question never exists. The argument, introduced by David Benatar in his book, Better Never to Have Been, aims to establish that coming into existence is always a harm for the one who's coming into the world.