RE: Is Human Reproduction Un-Ethical?
April 1, 2015 at 8:13 pm
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2015 at 8:16 pm by bennyboy.)
Brometheus, you really have a lot of overly-simple assumptions and definitions. First of all, you imply that ethics has as its goal the minimizing of suffering. But this isn't a very good way to look at it. A better goal of ethics would be establishing an environment in which humans can fairly play out their lives-- the freedom to pursue happiness, to act according to their natures so long as they don't interfere with others' ability to do the same. But ethics without humans isn't an improvement-- it's self-nihilating.
I've seen your arguments before, and have seen links to websites dedicated to the idea. However, under all that, I see a bunch of depressed goths with too little motivation to make something positive of their lives, and too little courage to commit suicide. You say it's unfair to bring babies into a world to suffer, but I hear: "Wahhh! I don't like life, and any baby born might end up like me, so nobody should have babies."
I've seen your arguments before, and have seen links to websites dedicated to the idea. However, under all that, I see a bunch of depressed goths with too little motivation to make something positive of their lives, and too little courage to commit suicide. You say it's unfair to bring babies into a world to suffer, but I hear: "Wahhh! I don't like life, and any baby born might end up like me, so nobody should have babies."
