Do you consider the act of bringing a life into the world as immoral or a negative?Long story short, people should ensure they can assure their children a good life before having any.
Long story short, people should ensure they can assure their children a good life before having any.Do you consider the act of bringing a life into the world as immoral or a negative?
Could the negative become a positive?I'd say it defaults to a negative, but is not assured to be immoral (that depends on the motivations of the parents).
Do you take that position and should we act on it?As each life contains more sadness than happiness it is immoral to create another life, condemed as it is to more pain than pleasure, because the net effect is an increase in sadness and pain in the world.
I wasn't speaking about the consequences more so do you take the position we should act on it?I don't think it is a philosophical position anyone really holds because the logical consequence would seem to be to commit suicide immediately!
A problem is that if any society became so enlightened that it sought to not have children, their resources would inevitably just be used by less enlightened societies.
My instinct is that it's probably wrong. I don't worry over much about what I can prove, in the sense that I'd have to think very long and hard before I go against my instinct that life is worth living!I treat it as a challenge - to come up with a counter-argument. Just thinkig about it will be a useful exercise, but I don't see it aecting my 'real life'.
Why ought we?I think that bringing people in the world is something humanity ought to do to expand our species.
I'd like to spend a lot more time on it.
I wanted DA users opinion. I am not arguing against someone's position more so asking for it.I think this thread belongs in a different forum.
I'd say it defaults to a negative, but is not assured to be immoral (that depends on the motivations of the parents).Could the negative become a positive?Should we create life?
By defaulting to a negative, I mean it can become a positive. We mostly just shouldn't create new people out of boredom.
I think the answers would be rather simple. Following these questions that is:Is life worth living weighing the positive and negative aspect of it?Should we ought to carry on living given the findings above?
By defaulting to a negative, I mean it can become a positive. We mostly just shouldn't create new people out of boredom.Do you have an example where a negative can become a positive?
Okay.My initial problem is how to weigh the positive and negative aspects - indeed maybe the problem is identifying what the negative and positive aspects are!
I'd say when the parents are dedicating enough resources to give the child a more than average shot at an enjoyable life.On the other end of the spectrum, some parents today still have kids for the express purpose of cheap labor (AKA slaves).
The inherent default is procreation.That's why to be celibate is to be an onanist.
