Better never to have been : the harm of coming into existence
Drawing on relevant psychological literature, the author shows that there are a number of well-documented features of human psychology that explain why people systematically overestimate the quality of their lives and why they are thus resistant to the suggestion that they were seriously harmed by being brought into existence
eBook, English, 2006
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2006
1 online resource (xi, 237 pages) : illustrations
9780191516313, 9780199296422, 9780191712005, 9781429471145, 0191516317, 0199296421, 0191712000, 142947114X
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