David Benatar
- Philosophy top 1%
- Cognitive Neuroscience top 10%
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 10%
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- General Health Professions top 10%
- Co-authors
- Michael BenatarDavid H. WassermanDavid ArchardElliot N. DorffLouis E. NewmanS R BenatarChristoph AbelsRaymond P. Abratt
- Topics
- Ethics in medical practice (11 papers)Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (9 papers)Theology and Philosophy of Evil (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- South AfricaUnited StatesCanada
In The Last Decade
David Benatar
46 papers receiving 617 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 89
- Philosophy 203
- Cognitive Neuroscience 165
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 142
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 123
- General Health Professions 117
Countries citing papers authored by David Benatar
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Benatar
This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Benatar. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Benatar. The network helps show where David Benatar may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Benatar
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Benatar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Benatar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Benatar. David Benatar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | |
| 2 | Taking Humour (Ethics) Seriously, But Not Too Seriously | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Just admissions : South African universities and the question of racial preference | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | |
| 6 | Justice, diversity and racial preference : a critique of affirmative action | 9 |
| 7 | 180 | |
| 8 | 10 | |
| 9 | 15 | |
| 10 | 29 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 12 | 63 | |
| 13 | Two Views of Sexual Ethics: Promiscuity, Pedophilia, and Rape | 9 |
| 14 | 11 | |
| 15 | 2 | |
| 16 | 23 | |
| 17 | 2 | |
| 18 | Prejudice in jest: When racial and gender humor harms | 19 |
| 19 | 1 | |
| 20 | 3 |
About David Benatar
David Benatar is a scholar working on Philosophy, Reproductive Medicine and General Health Professions, having authored 55 papers that have together received 738 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ethics in medical practice (11 papers), Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (9 papers) and Theology and Philosophy of Evil (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (203 citations), Reproductive Medicine (92 citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (165 citations). David Benatar has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Michael Benatar, David H. Wasserman, David Archard, Elliot N. Dorff, Louis E. Newman, S R Benatar, Christoph Abels, Raymond P. Abratt, D M Dent and Dina Brooks. Their work appears in journals such as The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Human Reproduction and QJM.
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