Is the joy worth the pain? What if they don’t want to contribute to a community? Can you guarantee the joy will outweigh the pain? What gives you the right to will another being into existence?
If the being will become conscious and self aware, why doesn’t their consent matter?
You yourself said they are not yet existent, so really is joy being “withheld”? That doesn’t work in your framework, I think.
Just because a human exists does not mean they fall neatly into a category where they innately love “contributing to a community”. We’re not apes, well most of us :p
rights are negotiated
You only mentioned the rights of the parents (in a strangely cold and transactional way btw lol). What of the child’s rights? They must negotiate with you for them after their nonconsensual birth?
Consent doesn’t matter for hypothetical futures
It’s not hypothetical–a child is born. They live and experience. You’re in a paradoxical state where consent doesn’t matter because the kid doesn’t exist, yet they necessarily must exist to experience the joy you mention
I didn’t say people who have children are idiots. I just think it’s immoral
Ok lol, my point remains exactly the same and I think your viewpoint is incredibly reductive.
You really think it’s ethical to bring another human into this world?
Why do you think it’s not?
The only way to experience suffering is to be alive. The only way to be born is without consent
So? The only way to contribute to community is to be alive. The only way to feel joy is to be alive.
Consent doesn’t make sense for a nonexistant being.
Is the joy worth the pain? What if they don’t want to contribute to a community? Can you guarantee the joy will outweigh the pain? What gives you the right to will another being into existence?
If the being will become conscious and self aware, why doesn’t their consent matter?
Is the pain justifying withholding joy?
Humans are a social species. That’s like asking: “What if it doesn’t want to drink?”
Since when are we modeling everything we do on guaranteed knowledge?
Rights aren’t given. They’re negotiated. I negotiate the right with the person that conceives the child with me.
Consent doesn’t matter for hypothetical futures.
You yourself said they are not yet existent, so really is joy being “withheld”? That doesn’t work in your framework, I think.
Just because a human exists does not mean they fall neatly into a category where they innately love “contributing to a community”. We’re not apes, well most of us :p
You only mentioned the rights of the parents (in a strangely cold and transactional way btw lol). What of the child’s rights? They must negotiate with you for them after their nonconsensual birth?
It’s not hypothetical–a child is born. They live and experience. You’re in a paradoxical state where consent doesn’t matter because the kid doesn’t exist, yet they necessarily must exist to experience the joy you mention
I don’t think it’s objectively and clearly unethical, so I think your claim that it is is wrong.