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Darkover
Angelic
- Jul 29, 2021
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why do i think the world is a wretched place and procreation does more harm than good
16 percent of the world population have a mental illness
An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world's population, or 1 in 6 of us.
As many as 828 million people – or 10 percent of the world's population – go to bed hungry each night
Extreme Poverty The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $2.15 a day (adjusted for purchasing power parity).
Approximately 719 million people were living in extreme poverty in 2020, representing about 9.2% of the global population .
Moderate poverty is often defined as living on less than $3.20 or $5.50 a day.
Around 24.1% of the global population (about 1.9 billion people) lived on less than $3.20 a day in 2018.
About 43.6% of the global population (approximately 3.4 billion people) lived on less than $5.50 a day in 2018.
Since we require the consent of people for nearly everything that could harm them, why are we making exception for procreation, which comes with lots of risk, especially if you are unlucky and could create a miserable life of suffering and tragic death?
The only reason to not ask for "direct" consent would be for things that most people have tacitly agreed to, like driving a car, taxes, taking a flight, saved by emergency services while unconscious, etc etc etc. These things are "pre-consented" as part of social contract/arrangement, because it comes with more benefit than risks, no?
But you cant "pre-consent" to procreation, because the child does not exist before conception, all births are without ANY form of consent (direct, implied or substituted) by default, right? The parents cant consent on behalf of the potential child either, because the unborn child has no history of "preferences" that the parents could inter from.
Morally speaking, we should never carry out an action if consent (direct, implied or substituted) is impossible, right? This means procreation is a violation of autonomy and consent by default, making it immoral, correct?
16 percent of the world population have a mental illness
An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world's population, or 1 in 6 of us.
As many as 828 million people – or 10 percent of the world's population – go to bed hungry each night
Extreme Poverty The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $2.15 a day (adjusted for purchasing power parity).
Approximately 719 million people were living in extreme poverty in 2020, representing about 9.2% of the global population .
Moderate poverty is often defined as living on less than $3.20 or $5.50 a day.
Around 24.1% of the global population (about 1.9 billion people) lived on less than $3.20 a day in 2018.
About 43.6% of the global population (approximately 3.4 billion people) lived on less than $5.50 a day in 2018.
Since we require the consent of people for nearly everything that could harm them, why are we making exception for procreation, which comes with lots of risk, especially if you are unlucky and could create a miserable life of suffering and tragic death?
The only reason to not ask for "direct" consent would be for things that most people have tacitly agreed to, like driving a car, taxes, taking a flight, saved by emergency services while unconscious, etc etc etc. These things are "pre-consented" as part of social contract/arrangement, because it comes with more benefit than risks, no?
But you cant "pre-consent" to procreation, because the child does not exist before conception, all births are without ANY form of consent (direct, implied or substituted) by default, right? The parents cant consent on behalf of the potential child either, because the unborn child has no history of "preferences" that the parents could inter from.
Morally speaking, we should never carry out an action if consent (direct, implied or substituted) is impossible, right? This means procreation is a violation of autonomy and consent by default, making it immoral, correct?