David Benatar

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Cape Town, South Africa

David Benatar is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and currently visiting professor at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto in Canada. His latest book is Very Practical Ethics (Oxford, 2024).

Written by David Benatar

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ETHICS

The curious paradox in how we address each other today

While honouring people’s preferred pronouns, we’ve begun to neglect forms of formal address. Perhaps we need a rethink

by David Benatar