I’m not a fan of utalitarianism myelf, so this might be wrong;
this sounds like utalitarianism - as the action you did cause other suffering.
then in your moral philosophy, are all actions that cause suffering (and joy, and all other feelings a human can experience) morally wrong?
Is then not dating, f.ex Morally wrong?
Or is it the impossibility of consent?
Yes, a child is unable to consent to being born. Just as we are all unable to consent to the world being created, or nature’s whims.
I cannot consent to a state on the other side of the world making policies, but I can still react and do things about it.
So you think instead of just restricting births, the better method is a mass culling of the human population? I mean, I’m down for population control any way we can get it, just wasn’t expecting that option to be on the table.
There’s also antinatalism from a deontological perspective.
But, from the negative utilitarianists I’ve known and seen, I’ve found an intense debate about the animal reproduction question. Some say antinatalism should include non-human animals and any other sentient being; some say it’s a human-only matter. I do not have an opinion.
I’m not a fan of utalitarianism myelf, so this might be wrong; this sounds like utalitarianism - as the action you did cause other suffering.
then in your moral philosophy, are all actions that cause suffering (and joy, and all other feelings a human can experience) morally wrong?
Is then not dating, f.ex Morally wrong?
Or is it the impossibility of consent? Yes, a child is unable to consent to being born. Just as we are all unable to consent to the world being created, or nature’s whims. I cannot consent to a state on the other side of the world making policies, but I can still react and do things about it.
Is it morally wrong to let animals have children?
If one animal species is harming an ecosystem then I don’t see how it’s morally wrong to limit their reproduction.
Usually, a better way to help an ecosystem balance itself is to reintroduce predators or similarly.
the deer population in yellowstone was destroying the soil, this was solved by reintroducing wolves.
there’s a big difference between this, and f.ex castrating a lot of the deer, or going on a shooting spree.
It also goes with the assumption that the ecosystem is either outside the moral spectrum, or morally good.
So you think instead of just restricting births, the better method is a mass culling of the human population? I mean, I’m down for population control any way we can get it, just wasn’t expecting that option to be on the table.
What’s f.ex mean?
A guess, but “for example”? That’s how I’m reading it, anyway.
“for example”
There’s also antinatalism from a deontological perspective.
But, from the negative utilitarianists I’ve known and seen, I’ve found an intense debate about the animal reproduction question. Some say antinatalism should include non-human animals and any other sentient being; some say it’s a human-only matter. I do not have an opinion.