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I'm not sure I'm following you here. At the very least I think the phrase I quoted is a poor way of making your point. The reason why birth control is not inhe
by shkkmo 3y ago
I'm not sure I'm following you here. At the very least I think the phrase I quoted is a poor way of making your point.
The reason why birth control is not inherently wrong is that we cannot at all predict the long term effects of avoiding any specific birth.
Indeed, I think removing reproductive choice creates a situation with negative utilitarian/longtermist outcomes because it prevents fine tuned decision making at the individual level by those with the most accurate understanding of the situation.
I do think we have a moral obligation to aim for a sustainable birth rate, neither too high nor too low, precisely because of the moral value of future lives. However, you need to approach this goal by making structural changes that change the optimal decision for individuals, not by removing that choice from them.