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lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 20 hours agoWow, a very impressive, nuanced, and detailed explination about the ideology. A much better argument for anything than I can conjur up myself.
I also think that the person saying “anti-natalists think children are awful to be around” is presenting a ridiculous strawman.
Alright, I am that person. Then again now that I see you have written about some people arguing for anti-natalisim from a nihilistic perspective vs a utilitarian one. I usually see more of the nihilistic arguments, which to me I just outright ignore for having too much of a negativity bias, especially these days.
TLDR: you are better than me
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
That’s fair, and I can’t speak for others, but at the very least, it’s a generalisation which I believe is unwarranted. I can simultaneously believe that it is morally questionable to choose to have a child, but also that a child, once born, places upon all members of society a moral duty of care in its upbringing, not only for harm reduction, but to work toward the betterment of society writ-large, so that we can potentially make the future act of procreation less morally concerning.