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#640 - Malcolm Collins - Why Do So Many People Not Want To Have Children?
Modern Wisdom
The Moral Reprehensibleness of Anti-Natalism
Most anti natalism is the belief that negative emotions are bad, but positive emotions aren't inherently good. And what's the justification for this? I'm going to guess climate. So they're really just negative utilitarian. They basically say that a human life is net suffering overall. Therefore, it is morally reprehensible to bring any future life into this world because the net experience is one of pain and torment and displeasure. But who's to know we aren't already dealing with terrorists on that front? Look at declining fertility rates around the world today,. Who's to say there isn't something in the water? You think that someone's purposely doing this?
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