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
You yourself said they are not yet existent, so really is joy being “withheld”? That doesn’t work in your framework, I think.
I’m simply meeting your non-sensical argument where it’s at. How is there a ranking of “goodness” at all, be it “bad, because suffering”, or “good, because joy” for the presupposition of existence? That’s like demanding a serious answer for: “how many angels can dance on the tip of a needle?”
You only mentioned the rights of the parents (in a strangely cold and transactional way btw lol).
You asked who gave me as the parent the right. In what way is it transactional? Where is transaction happening? Why is it cold? Who “gives” any rights from your point of view? God?
What of the child’s rights? They must negotiate with you for them after their nonconsensual birth?
What are you talking about?
It’s not hypothetical–a child is born. They live and experience.
You’re claiming by conceiving a child, you’re violating its’ consent. At that point, nothing exists, yet. It’s only a being whose consent can be violated in the hypothetical future.
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
That only happens, because the whole anti-natalist reasons are paradoxical from the start.
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’m simply meeting your non-sensical argument where it’s at. How is there a ranking of “goodness” at all, be it “bad, because suffering”, or “good, because joy” for the presupposition of existence? That’s like demanding a serious answer for: “how many angels can dance on the tip of a needle?”
You asked who gave me as the parent the right. In what way is it transactional? Where is transaction happening? Why is it cold? Who “gives” any rights from your point of view? God?
What are you talking about?
You’re claiming by conceiving a child, you’re violating its’ consent. At that point, nothing exists, yet. It’s only a being whose consent can be violated in the hypothetical future.
That only happens, because the whole anti-natalist reasons are paradoxical from the start.
I don’t think it’s objectively and clearly unethical, so I think your claim that it is is wrong.