Re: If life is a benefit...

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> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:01:58 GMT, ipse dixit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> If life is a benefit, then it's logically certain that
> no life [ie never existing at all] is a loss.

How can something never existing be a loss?
Loss denotes a subtraction of something.

I do not have a Jaguar (the car not the animal).
I do not feel loss of not having one, a desire to have one perhaps.
Perhaps even frustration as I cannot (or may never) afford one.

If I had a Jaguar and it was stolen, I would  feel a loss ( if my insurance
does not cover.)