RE: [split] Ethics - parental responsibility re: children
March 4, 2022 at 8:57 am
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2022 at 9:09 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The anti natalist position is not that "Ahri is of the opinion that life is a turd". Anti natalism is a realist ethical position - allegedly- not a laundry list of your subjective complaints. Frankly, anti natalism explicitly attempts to polish that turd by emptying the world of people. That's how they think this world would be made better, or less shitty. If you don't think there's any point to polishing a turd, then why would there be any point to polishing it that way?
I see another accusation that you're as likely to flesh out as the previous claim that anyone who disagrees with you is insane and irrational, and ofc they're all cowards...and now they're misguided and malevolent. You're describing your misanthropy and fatalism, not an ethical position.
People shouldn't have kids because people suck! Pure misanthropy.
People shouldn't have kids because life sucks! Pure fatalism.
People shouldn't have kids because we possess a moral duty to other people which we are uniformly incapable of satisfying, in fact, even assuming people are good and life doesn't suck. Anti natalism. The anti natalist objection from consent, for example..works (if it works) just as well if the life you're being born into is a heavenly paradise. No matter, you weren't asked, you couldn't have consented. This means that the person who brought you into that world, as perfect as it may be, may have failed to live a minimally ethical life.
I see another accusation that you're as likely to flesh out as the previous claim that anyone who disagrees with you is insane and irrational, and ofc they're all cowards...and now they're misguided and malevolent. You're describing your misanthropy and fatalism, not an ethical position.
People shouldn't have kids because people suck! Pure misanthropy.
People shouldn't have kids because life sucks! Pure fatalism.
People shouldn't have kids because we possess a moral duty to other people which we are uniformly incapable of satisfying, in fact, even assuming people are good and life doesn't suck. Anti natalism. The anti natalist objection from consent, for example..works (if it works) just as well if the life you're being born into is a heavenly paradise. No matter, you weren't asked, you couldn't have consented. This means that the person who brought you into that world, as perfect as it may be, may have failed to live a minimally ethical life.
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