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Darkover
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- Jul 29, 2021
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these are just my opinion
You don't have to presume that everyone's life is unworthy, or that the lives of specific people are unworthy, or that actually no one's life is unworthy, in order to hold anti-natalist positions.
It is sufficient to know that the life of certain people would be unworthy in their eyes and that they would prefer not to have been created, in order to oppose reproduction.
And the reason is that with every reproduction there is a chance of creating a life that is unworthy, not in our eyes but in the eyes of those who will live it. Since it is impossible to know in advance which cases of reproduction will create an unworthy life, or if and when a life will become unworthy in the eyes of those who live it, all cases of reproduction are morally wrong.
We do not have to determine for people that their lives are unworthy, but only to know that unworthy lives in the eyes of those who live them are always a possibility, and that it is never a possibility that those who were never created will somehow be harmed by it. These two premises are sufficient to establish an anti-natalist claim without any need to determine for anyone that their lives are not worthy.
You don't have to presume that everyone's life is unworthy, or that the lives of specific people are unworthy, or that actually no one's life is unworthy, in order to hold anti-natalist positions.
It is sufficient to know that the life of certain people would be unworthy in their eyes and that they would prefer not to have been created, in order to oppose reproduction.
And the reason is that with every reproduction there is a chance of creating a life that is unworthy, not in our eyes but in the eyes of those who will live it. Since it is impossible to know in advance which cases of reproduction will create an unworthy life, or if and when a life will become unworthy in the eyes of those who live it, all cases of reproduction are morally wrong.
We do not have to determine for people that their lives are unworthy, but only to know that unworthy lives in the eyes of those who live them are always a possibility, and that it is never a possibility that those who were never created will somehow be harmed by it. These two premises are sufficient to establish an anti-natalist claim without any need to determine for anyone that their lives are not worthy.