{"id":5111,"date":"2017-10-26T04:33:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T04:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/10\/26\/peter-wessel-zappfes-anti-natalism\/"},"modified":"2017-10-26T04:33:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T04:33:47","slug":"peter-wessel-zappfes-anti-natalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/10\/26\/peter-wessel-zappfes-anti-natalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Wessel Zappfe’s Anti-Natalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here<\/a>, with some critical commentary.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/span><\/p>\n

A reader comments:<\/span><\/p>\n

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That older post on Zapffe and his absurdism is fantastic.  You present the problem with deep sympathy and clarity.  We're kindred spirits.  I've often felt that if people just considered _seriously_ their own commitments, or our shared predicament–just to realize that it really is a predicament–their lives would be different.  It is _not_ just talk and "word games".  But it's so hard to get anyone to that point.  People take comfort in a facile unserious unreflective nihilism or absurdism.  Real philosophical thinking, with serious moral intent, offers a way out–as you argue, a rational freedom, at least, to embrace Meaning and Purpose and Value.  But it's so hard to get people to see this.  Anyway, thanks again for excellent essays like this.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here, with some critical commentary. UPDATE: A reader comments: That older post on Zapffe and his absurdism is fantastic.  You present the problem with deep sympathy and clarity.  We're kindred spirits.  I've often felt that if people just considered _seriously_ their own commitments, or our shared predicament–just to realize that it really is a predicament–their … Continue reading “Peter Wessel Zappfe’s Anti-Natalism”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-natalism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}