Is Life Inherently Horrible? (David Benatar and the Pollyanna Principle)

This video looks at David Benatar's argument that we have much more pain in life than pleasure due to psychological principles such as the Pollyanna Principle, and reasons to think that the Pollyanna Principle can be turned on its head and used against Benatar's Argument. Sponsors: João Costa Neto, Dakota Jones, Joe Felix, Prince Otchere, Mike Samuel, Daniel Helland, Mohammad Azmi Banibaker, Dennis Sexton, Yu Saburi, Mauricino Andrade, Will Roberts, Greg Gauthier, Christian Bay, Joao Sa, and √2. Thanks for your support! Donate on Patreon:   / carneades   Buy stuff with Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/carneades Follow us on Twitter: @CarneadesCyrene   / carneadescyrene   Information for this video gathered from The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy and more!