Should we care about people who need never exist? Absolutely not. Why? As we've seen in the US in 2022, the idea of giving the conceived rights as people is wea

Should we care about people who need never exist? Absolutely not. Why? As we've seen in the US in 2022, the idea of giving the conceived rights as people is weaponized to rob their carriers of autonomy and the access to medical care. I find it strange that an article that talks about theoretical people never once mentions abortion. Also, the example of the Titanic is brought up without even mentioning sufferage, which is another perplexing omission. The "women and children first" idea catalyzed the idea that women should have the same rights as men. Talking about "potential people" is a step backwards. There's a lot of talk about low-quality lives. This is colonial thinking, which is unsurprising coming from such an august neoliberal institution. The "savages" and the "poor" shouldn't be having children, the argument goes. But why are African countries, for example, generally poor? That wasn't an accident. It is the result of a policy of exploitation going back centuries. So if we really want more happy people, maybe we should stop making so many people needlessly unhappy.