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Antinatalism

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The philosophical belief that having children is morally wrong and cannot be justified.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People manage to overcome their evolutionary desires every day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

That's a rather prudent way of putting it, but yes it's admirable when they do. I don't think you can reasonably be agahst and sickened when they fail to though, especially in this circumstance. Our entire species was not evolved or designed to live the way that we do, in the society that we do, with the considerations and consequences that we do. Sure by modern standards having no preconceived plan and means for your child is a bit shocking and against the norm and ill advisable, but even a few generations ago that would've literally been the norm with no functional alternatives.