David Benatar believes that (1) all human lives are very bad; that (2) some human lives are worth continuing; and that (3) some human lives are not worth continuing. This article claims that Benatar’s arguments do not support all three statements at once. After giving a brief outline of his position, it is shown that insofar as his arguments support (1) and (2), they do not support (3), and that insofar as they support (1) and (3), they do not support (2). It is then shown that insofar as they support (2) and (3), they do not support (1).

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为什么非常糟糕的生活值得继续？

大卫·贝纳塔尔（David Benatar）认为：（1）所有人类的生活都非常糟糕；（2）一些人的生命值得延续；（3）一些人的生命不值得继续。本文声称Benatar的论点不能一次支持所有三个语句。在简要概述了他的立场之后，可以看出，在他的论点支持（1）和（2）的情况下，他们不支持（3），在他们支持（1）和（3）的范围内，他们确实支持不支持（2）。然后表明，只要它们支持（2）和（3），它们就不支持（1）。