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I mean look at it this way... If no one had kids, then we would wipe out the human race, which itself is unethical. So if having kids was unethical, then it wou
by nhumrich 9y ago
I mean look at it this way... If no one had kids, then we would wipe out the human race, which itself is unethical. So if having kids was unethical, then it would also be ethical. A philosophical paradox. Having kids can never be considered unethical in a macro point of view.
- schoen 9y ago> If no one had kids, then we would wipe out the human race, which itself is unethical. Not everyone agrees with that intuition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benatar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benatar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Mov... https://www.amazon.com/Every-Cradle-Grave-Rethinking-Suicide/dp/0989697290 https://www.amazon.com/Every-Cradle-Grave-Rethinking-Suicide...
- bykovich2 9y agoDo you take David Benatar seriously?
- schoen 9y agoI haven't read his book yet, but I'm about to read Sarah Perry's.
- pythia__ 9y agoThe problem with voluntary human extinction is that suicidal ethical systems are inherently self-limiting. A serious negative utilitarian who wished for human extinction would have to sterilize or kill others to succeed.