LEADER 03583nam 22005655 450 001 9910586578303321 005 20230810175844.0 010 $a9783031118517$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031118500 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-11851-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7070981 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7070981 035 $a(CKB)24360652900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-11851-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924360652900041 100 $a20220808d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfrican Communitarianism and the Misanthropic Argument for Anti-Natalism /$fby Kirk Lougheed 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (100 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Lougheed, Kirk African Communitarianism and the Misanthropic Argument for Anti-Natalism Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031118500 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $a"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. 606 $aBioethics 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aBioethics 606 $aSocial Philosophy 606 $aWorld Philosophy 615 0$aBioethics. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 14$aBioethics. 615 24$aSocial Philosophy. 615 24$aWorld Philosophy. 676 $a361 676 $a307 700 $aLougheed$b Kirk$0913766 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910586578303321 996 $aAfrican Communitarianism and the Misanthropic Argument for Anti-Natalism$92905281 997 $aUNINA