The poor among us live better lives than kings and elites of the 19th century. The poor have running water, medicine, electricity, safe childbirth, etc. while a king in 1850 had no pain medicine, no flushing toilets, high infant mortality, no cars, etc. Even as our population booms (8.2 billion[…]
I’ve been told that if I could discuss antinatalism, doesn’t mean that I should. I wasn’t presented with compelling reasons for remaining silent on the subject but here is why I believe talking about antinatalism is not only appropriate but necessary. To be clear, antinatalism is unlikely to achieve widespread[…]
Do Antinatalists Hate Children? Being an antinatalist does not equate to hating children. Although there are numerous memes and online posts that disparage children, these do not reflect a serious philosophical discussion of antinatalism. The philosophy itself focuses on the issue of birth, which pertains to everyone, not just children.[…]
Many people react negatively to antinatalism, often because they perceive it as a philosophy that results in the end of humanity—”there will be no more people.” This reaction invites a deeper question: why is the absence of future generations inherently bad? Antinatalism, argues that by refraining from bringing a person[…]
I tend to agree with Armin Navabi on most things… But this is absolutely untrue. Someone or something that doesn’t exist CANNOT be deprived of anything. By Armin Navabi’s interpretation, we “deprive” countless people of “pleasure” everyday through contraception, abortion and family planning. By his view, we’re all immoral by[…]