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Topic	Unless you are very wealthy, reproduction is unethical and selfish.
Joelypoely 05/30/17 1:04:39 AM #61:	CountessRolab posted... By creating life, you are creating suffering. Unless you are able to stack the deck in your child's favor (ie you are rich), you are just creating a situation where another being has a high likelihood of experiencing much more pain than pleasure in life. You've been reading too much Schopenhauer. He is a brilliant man but even he has a few perverse views. His argument that pain is a positive and pleasure a negative effect is nothing more than a relative argument. <cite>Joelypoely posted [p:880055584] in Unless you... [t:75400706]...</cite> <quote><cite>CountessRolab posted...</cite> <quote>By creating life, you are creating suffering. Unless you are able to stack the deck in your child's favor (ie you are rich), you are just creating a situation where another being has a high likelihood of experiencing much more pain than pleasure in life.</quote> You've been reading too much Schopenhauer. He is a brilliant man but even he has a few perverse views. His argument that pain is a positive and pleasure a negative effect is nothing more than a relative argument.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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