Editing Misanthropy (section)

=== Philosophical pessimism ===
Misanthropy is closely related but not identical to [[philosophical pessimism]]. Philosophical pessimism is the view that life is not worth living or that the world is a bad place, for example, because it is meaningless and full of suffering.{{sfn|Smith|2014|pp=[https://philpapers.org/rec/SMIPPA-6 1–3]|loc=Introduction}}{{sfn|Jenkins|2020|pp=[https://philpapers.org/rec/JENTPO-28 20–41]}} This view is exemplified by Arthur Schopenhauer and [[Philipp Mainländer]].{{sfn|Fernández|2006|pp=[https://philpapers.org/rec/FERSP-2 646–664]}} Philosophical pessimism is often accompanied by misanthropy if the proponent holds that humanity is also bad and partially responsible for the negative value of the world. However, the two views do not require each other and can be held separately.{{sfn|Kidd|2020b}}{{sfn|Cooper|2018|pp=5–6}} A non-misanthropic pessimist may hold, for instance, that humans are just victims of a terrible world but not to blame for it. Eco-misanthropists, by contrast, may claim that the world and its nature are valuable but that humanity exerts a negative and destructive influence.{{sfn|Kidd|2020b}}{{sfn|Gerber|2002|pp=[https://philpapers.org/rec/GERWIS-3 41–55]}}