# Better Never To Have Been

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- Book: [Better Never To Have Been](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-benatar/better-never-to-have-been) ([Better Never To Have Been.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-benatar/better-never-to-have-been.md))
- Authors: [David Benatar](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-benatar)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 978-01-9954-926-9
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2008-07-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. David Benatar presents a startling challenge to these assumptions. He argues that people systematically overestimate the quality of their life, and suffer quite serious harms by coming into existence.