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But who and how will you limit the babies? For example, babies from the Middle East will outpace European babies by a large number. Should Europe limit immigran
by virmundi 10y ago
But who and how will you limit the babies? For example, babies from the Middle East will outpace European babies by a large number. Should Europe limit immigrants' ability to conceive? If so, how? Would you force sterilization? Would you trade money for sterilization? This general idea is fraught with moral problems.
- virmundi 10y agoWhy the down votes? Would some people say why they are against talking about how the human population could enforce the idea of limiting itself? Given that it goes against the core biological imperative, I don't think I'm wrong in asking this.
- beobab 10y agoYou are not wrong in asking this, but the way you asked led people to believe that you are against such a thing, and people who object to what they perceive as your belief will down-vote you. As Scott Adams has so rightly pointed out, we are victims of our bias, and it is very difficult to think coherently on an emotive subject like this.
- IanCal 10y agoThe total fertility rate tends to drop when you improve access to birth control, improve the education of women and general living conditions. Those things are (apart from one for some people) not significant moral problems. Improved education of women also tends to reduce child mortality. The combination of these things and societal shifts has changed the total fertility rate in many countries to below replacement. Perhaps that's a sensible first step?
- virmundi 10y agoI agree. You face a problem: the western world has done this. What's left is introducing this to Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia. Given those areas current social evolution, you're going to be hard pressed to make an in road with out the sword.