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DOI: 10.18276/aie.2016.36-02
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36 (2016)
Czy istnienie móże być lepsze albo gorsze od nieistnienia? Część II: Wartości osobowe a obiektywne racje moralne
(Can existencebe better or worse than nonexistence? Part I: Person's Values and the Objective Moral Reasons)
| Authors: |
Mirosław
Rutkowski
Uniwersytet Szczeciński |
| Keywords: | existence, nonexistence, wellbeing, person’s value |
| Data publikacji całości: | 2016 |
| Page range: | 27 (25-51) |
Abstract
CAN EXISTENCE BE BETTER OR WORSE THAN NONEXISTENCE? PART I
The aim of this paper is to examine whether there is any possibility to compare the value of someone’s existence with his nonexistence. The final conclusion is that such a comparative evaluation can never be made in a meaningful and valid manner. Nobody can know as well whether he would be better off or worse off created than he would have been had he never existed.
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