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> IMO it's selfish to make kids just to feel fulfilled and not be lonely. You can paint pretty much any action as selfish by using this "just to make yourself
by brazzy 6y ago
> IMO it's selfish to make kids just to feel fulfilled and not be lonely.
You can paint pretty much any action as selfish by using this "just to make yourself feel good" angle. It's a meaningless non-argument.
- zeepzeep 6y agoBut usually it doesn't affect others. Maybe selfish is the wrong word. I mean you got positive feelings while some others might have negative feelings because of you.
- samhain 6y agoYou're right, it's not a very good argument. It's just like someone saying that not having children is selfish. Both aren't very good arguments. It would be better to use some other kind of metric, like overall happiness vs suffering, perhaps like antinatalism attempts to do. For example, someone who enjoys working all the time, might see that as a boon for their children, and so decide that overall, it's better to have kids. While someone who doesn't like work might decide to empathize with their unborn children and decide it would be a blessing not to have them. Very subjective, but more well grounded arguments for each persons' decision.