Would earth be better without humans?

If we did not exist we would not suffer. With population growth unsustainable, perhaps it is morally wrong to continue having children, says Professor Tom Moore

THE birth of Danica May Camacho, a girl, in Manila, the Philippine capital, on October 31 last year was chosen by the UN to symbolically mark the seven billionth person.

If the South African philosopher Professor David Benatar had his way, there would be no people, and no life on any other planet.