Sun Nov 14 – [Online] Live Long – But Don’t Procreate

This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm and you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. Followed by an extended discussion for a half hour. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.

The idea of not having children can be examined from three perspectives:

  1. Personal: not wanting to be a parent
  2. Ethical: World population should be restricted for the good of the planet and the current human population.
  3. Philosophical: Antinatalism which falls into several different categories.

For our featured presentation this Sunday, we will listen to and then discuss a voice podcast by David Benatar, a South African philosopher, academic and author of the book Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence. Toronto Oasis participant Elka Enola, will introduce the topic.

Elka Enola is a poet and social activist who has been an atheist since she learned the words ‘why’ and ‘how’. Since she still knows those words, her life-long quest of learning continues.

Please RSVP on meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Oasis/events/bhgwksyccpbsb/

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!