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> nor can there be any moral obligations towards them I think most people have a sense of moral obligation to unborn humans. If you have ever felt that the cur
by toasterlovin 9y ago
> nor can there be any moral obligations towards them
I think most people have a sense of moral obligation to unborn humans. If you have ever felt that the current batch of humans has an obligation to not screw up the earth for the humans who will come later, then you feel a moral obligation to unborn humans. And even if you don't, I assure you that many people do.
- int_19h 9y agoThere's a difference between an obligation to humanity as an aggregate entity, which is sort of always there with an uninterrupted continuity (even as individual members are born and die), and obligation to a specific hypothetical human being that may or may not exist. This is especially weird in the context this question, where your very decision is about whether they'll exist. I just don't see how an obligation to create can be owed prior to creation.