Antinatalists are right, in my view, that it harms an individual to be born into a life that may contain extreme suffering. However, antinatalists should also consider the effects that an extra member of the human population would have on other sentient beings. Humans may be seen as the root of animal suffering.

antinatalism as follows: “Anti-natalism (or antinatalism) is a philosophical. position that assigns a negative value to birth.” Their definition seems to. incorporate birth negation, procreation negation, and sentient beings’ coming. into existence altogether.

An example of an anti-natalist policy, which encourages families to have fewer children, is the famous ‘one-child policy’ in China, introduced in 1978-1980.

On Facebook and Reddit, there are dozens of anti-natalist groups, some with thousands of members. On Reddit, r/antinatalism has nearly 35,000 members, while just one of the dozens of Facebook groups with an anti-natalist theme has more than 6,000.

It is morally wrong to take unjust actions (whether it inflicts harm or not). If it is unjust to condemn an innocent person to death, then it is unjust to procreate. Thus, if it is morally wrong to condemn an innocent person to death, then it is morally wrong to procreate.

His article, “Why It Is Better Never to Come into Existence,” espouses the view that being born is always a harm to be born. Thus a lack of suffering is always good, whether or not someone exists to enjoy this absence; whereas a lack of happiness is not always bad unless people exist to be denied it.

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1 For example, Jonathan Griffin “Anti-natalists: The People Who Want You to Stop Having Babies.”

Examples of Anti-Natalist Policies:

• birth rate of the country is lowered.
• the country achieved 400 million fewer births during the past 30 years (according to government claims)
• more affordable living (since there is only one child per family to care for)
• the country was lifted out of a youthful population.

If humans stop reproducing, the population of humans would reduce and ultimately result in the extinction of human race. This is due to the reason that reproduction is necessary for the continuity of the race.

As examples of countries with antinatalist policies, the Netherlands and the US were selected. As representatives of the pronatalist group, France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) were selected.

Much like atheism, antinatalism is a position defined by the absence of support for another more substantive position – in this case, the value of procreation. One can be an antinatalist for a number of different reasons, some of which might be in conflict with one another.

One can be an antinatalist for a number of different reasons, some of which might be in conflict with one another. For example, some argue for antinatalism on the grounds that child rearing is expensive, and a potential parent’s resources could more productively be put towards benefiting people and children who already exist.

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As I’ve tried to allude to, it’s misleading to assume that antinatalism is a single philosophy. Much like atheism, antinatalism is a position defined by the absence of support for another more substantive position – in this case, the value of procreation.