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> If no one had kids, then we would wipe out the human race, which itself is unethical.

Not everyone agrees with that intuition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benatar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Mov...

https://www.amazon.com/Every-Cradle-Grave-Rethinking-Suicide...

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The problem with voluntary human extinction is that suicidal ethical systems are inherently self-limiting. A serious negative utilitarian who wished for human extinction would have to sterilize or kill others to succeed.

Do you take David Benatar seriously?

I haven't read his book yet, but I'm about to read Sarah Perry's.

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