>Doesn't not wanting kids for X reason mean that you consider the moral worth of a new person to be less than X. I think it's worth distinguishing between: --

>Doesn't not wanting kids for X reason mean that you consider the moral worth of a new person to be less than X. I think it's worth distinguishing between: --potential Y < X --actual Y < X With Y being the presence of the kid. To me actual Y > X, but potential Y < X. I'd rather not have kids for a bunch of reasons. If I had kids I'd sacrifice those reasons for them.