Anti-Natalism - Is Life Worth Living?

Buddhist philosophy does not reach anti natalist conclusions. The way to get out of the wheel of suffering is not by not being born at all. In fact, buddhists see birth as a good because it's only by being born that we are able to reach the point of enlightenment. But there is another aspect of antinatalism which hinges less on whether existence is good for the people who are either going to exist or not but unrecreation. So aren't living, sentient beings, ultimately harmed by more people coming into the world?

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