RE: Is Human Reproduction Un-Ethical?
April 3, 2015 at 12:00 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2015 at 12:01 pm by Faith No More.)
On the flip-side, if it is unethical to reproduce because of a possibility of a painful existence, wouldn't it be unethical not to reproduce because there is a possibility of happiness? It seems to me that a possibility of suffering doesn't factor into the equation, and questioning the ethics of reproduction itself is insufficient. Ethics only comes into play when we question how reproduction is used and under what circumstances.
Denying a being the possibility of happiness because of the possibility of suffering doesn't seem to stand up to reason.
Denying a being the possibility of happiness because of the possibility of suffering doesn't seem to stand up to reason.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
