Lawrence Anton | Why Antinatalists Should STOP Talking About The Red Button @LawrenceAnton | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The Red Button thought experiment has been discussed a lot in antinatalist discussions over the years, but it is actually useful to understanding antinatalism?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - History
02:17 - The Red Button
03:23 - It Isn't Antinatalist
06:48 - Arming the Opposition
08:50 - Distracting Us From Better Things
10:00 - An Alternative
11:33 - Conclusion + Outro
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'Why Antinatalists Should Stop Talking About The Red Button' is an essay by Andreas Möss that makes a similar, but different commentary on this topic. You can find a reading of it here: youtube.com/watch?v=uT9TuAAqa34&t=4s
Negative Utilitarianism (Roderick N. Smart): scribd.com/document/661923611/NEGATIVE-UTILITARIANISM-R-N-Smart-1958
Le Malthusianisme et la Vivisection (La Science Française - 1892*): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k116370d/f134.image.r=huot
Confessions of an Antinatalist Philosopher (Matti Häyry): cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C181644401A98E5EE0D35568D06E64B4/S0963180123000634a.pdf/confessions-of-an-antinatalist-philosopher.pdf
Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
The Red Button thought experiment has been discussed a lot in antinatalist discussions over the years, but it is actually useful to understanding antinatalism?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INFO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Subscribe – join the cult!
❤️ | Make a Donation: streamlabs.com/lawrenceanton
💪 | Patreon: patreon.com/lawrenceanton
👉 | Follow me on X: twitter.com/lawrence_anton1
📣 | An Antinatalist Handbook: antinatalisthandbook.org
✊ | Antinatalist Advocacy: antinatalistadvocacy.org
📧 | Contact Me: lawrenceant@protonmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - History
02:17 - The Red Button
03:23 - It Isn't Antinatalist
06:48 - Arming the Opposition
08:50 - Distracting Us From Better Things
10:00 - An Alternative
11:33 - Conclusion + Outro
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Why Antinatalists Should Stop Talking About The Red Button' is an essay by Andreas Möss that makes a similar, but different commentary on this topic. You can find a reading of it here: youtube.com/watch?v=uT9TuAAqa34&t=4s
Negative Utilitarianism (Roderick N. Smart): scribd.com/document/661923611/NEGATIVE-UTILITARIANISM-R-N-Smart-1958
Le Malthusianisme et la Vivisection (La Science Française - 1892*): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k116370d/f134.image.r=huot
Confessions of an Antinatalist Philosopher (Matti Häyry): cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C181644401A98E5EE0D35568D06E64B4/S0963180123000634a.pdf/confessions-of-an-antinatalist-philosopher.pdf
Better Never to Have Been (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265
Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl
