Paper
The Nobility and Exemplarity of the Celibate Individual
An Antinatalist and Ascetic Reconsideration of Autonomy and Quality of Life
ORCID0009-0000-1406-0547
Versionv2 — 22 August 2026 (first version 21 October 2025)
Argues that the demographic-necessity case for treating sexual activity as obligatory does not survive the antinatalist critique, and defends celibacy as a discipline of autonomous, self-sustaining well-being.
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Nemoto, T. (2026). The Nobility and Exemplarity of the Celibate Individual: An Antinatalist and Ascetic Reconsideration of Autonomy and Quality of Life. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22058254Cite in a form that makes the version clear.