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[td]Additionally, some of them take into consideration a scenario where humanity decides not to continue to exist, but instead chooses to go down the route of phased extinction. The resulting extinction of the human species would not be regrettable but a good thing.<ref name="Benatar-2006" />{{rp|pages=163β200}} They go as far as to prescribe non-procreation as the morally right β or even obligatory β course of action.<ref name="Benatar-2017" />{{rp|pages=207β208}}<ref name="Coates-2016" />{{rp|pages=90β126}}<ref name="Sauchelli-2025" /> Zapffe conveys this position through the words of the titular [[The Last Messiah|Last Messiah]]: "Know yourselves β ''be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye''".<ref name="Zapffe-2004" />[/td]Revision as of 03:38, 5 September 2025
[/td][td]Additionally, some of them take into consideration a scenario where humanity decides not to continue to exist, but instead chooses to go down the route of phased extinction. The resulting extinction of the human species would not be regrettable but a good thing.<ref name="Benatar-2006" />{{rp|pages=163β200}} They go as far as to prescribe non-procreation as the morally right β or even obligatory β course of action.<ref name="Benatar-2017" />{{rp|pages=207β208}}<ref name="Coates-2016" />{{rp|pages=90β126}}<ref name="Sauchelli-2025" /> Zapffe conveys this position through the words of the titular [[The Last Messiah|Last Messiah]]: "Know yourselves β ''be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye''".<ref name="Zapffe-2004" />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Andrea Sauchelli argues that there are certain types of evils that are so great that no amount of any goods can counterbalance them. That is, a state of affairs with such an evil is always bad, no matter what goods there are. We live in a world where such "supreme evils" are exacted by humans and endured by humans. Often, entire groups of people perpetuate such atrocities at scale. Based on that, Sauchelli makes the case that we have a collective duty to prevent such evils, and arguably one of the most effective ways of doing that is through humanity bringing about its own extinction by stopping procreation. If this is the case, then everyone has a duty to not procreate..<ref name="Sauchelli-2025" />[/td]
[td]Andrea Sauchelli argues that there are certain types of evils that are so great that no amount of any goods can counterbalance them. That is, a state of affairs with such an evil is always bad, no matter what goods there are. We live in a world where such "supreme evils" are exacted by humans and endured by humans. Often, entire groups of people perpetuate such atrocities at scale. Based on that, Sauchelli makes the case that we have a collective duty to prevent such evils, and arguably one of the most effective ways of doing that is through humanity bringing about its own extinction by stopping procreation. If this is the case, then everyone has a duty to not procreate.<ref name="Sauchelli-2025" />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]==== Sentiocentric antinatalism ====[/td]
[td]==== Sentiocentric antinatalism ====[/td]
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