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It's not unethical to have children and no one needs an excuse to have them. Technically speaking, it's literally the only reason there is any life on earth. Do
by malvosenior 7y ago
It's not unethical to have children and no one needs an excuse to have them. Technically speaking, it's literally the only reason there is any life on earth. Don't have them if you don't want them, but this isn't an area where you can dictate someone else's choices.
- jddj 7y agoThere must exist a point where it becomes unethical to have children.
- malvosenior 7y agoEthics are a human framework that doesn't exist if there are no humans. To end child birth isn't ethical, it's the end of ethics.
- jddj 7y agoAnd if you were to trace back in time one generation from there, you'd discover the point where it became unethical to have children.
- ForHackernews 7y agoParent comment isn't a dictator. He can't 'dictate' whether you procreate or not, but he's arguing that it may be unethical to cause more suffering by doing so.
- malvosenior 7y agoIt's dictator like because it removes personal sovereignty, that aside I'd argue it's an unethical argument for multiple reasons. Who gets to decide who can have children and who can't? That's a decision that can't be made ethically. If the suggestion is that no one can reproduce, then I'd also call the extinction of the human race unethical.