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I'm not sure I agree. Children don't ask to be born, and they don't get to agree to that trade-off. Parents are responsible for the children they bring into the
by chad_oliver 9y ago
I'm not sure I agree. Children don't ask to be born, and they don't get to agree to that trade-off. Parents are responsible for the children they bring into the world.
That said, parents don't always get a choice. Sometimes pregnancy is unplanned or even unwanted. I'm not sure how much moral responsibility parents bear in this case, but this scenario illustrates that the issue of responsibility isn't always black and white.
- sametmax 9y agoThe degree of engagement is always your choice. You can deem the choice less moral according to your values, but that's the limit of it.
- gnaritas 9y agoAs long as abortion is legal, parents certainly do always have a choice; pregnancy is not equal to having a child.
- justinjlynn 9y agoIndeed. Well, I really hate to get technical here - and don't want to debate identity politics - but the male half of the equation really doesn't have that option. In the vast majority of cases, that choice is solely the mother's prerogative. Edit: Let me be very clear here: I am not advocating for any position or change of position on this matter in any way. I am simply stating an observation of how the world currently operates to clarify original poster's statement.
- gnaritas 9y agoFair point.
- gpawl 9y agopre-conception birth control is still a male's choice.
- justinjlynn 9y agoYes, that's true but then that's really not the topic here, is it.
- smileysteve 9y ago> That said, parents don't always get a choice. The extension to this is the significant likelihood of other accidents. Car accident, blood clot, stroke, embolism, drowning, falling off of a ladder, heart attack from a stressful event. A significant number of parents die all of the time, with or without dangerous hobbies. Number your days.