To subsume the good of actually existing people to potentially existing ones in a hypothetical future is always ethically abhorrent. As long as even one existing person doesn't have enough, the only ethical action is to forbear creating any more.
Additionally, life is more likely suffering than not so creating even one creature capable of suffering is prima facae unethical.
To subsume the good of actually existing people to potentially existing ones in a hypothetical future is always ethically abhorrent. As long as even one existing person doesn't have enough, the only ethical action is to forbear creating any more.
Additionally, life is more likely suffering than not so creating even one creature capable of suffering is prima facae unethical.
#anti-natalism
I used to be sympathetic to statements like this, but changed my view after considering the arguments. See (e.g.) https://openairopensea.substack.com/p/my-favourite-arguments-against-person. Your statement has some very implausible implications.