- Antinatalism
Antinatalism is the philosophical position that asserts a negative
value judgement towardsbirth . It has been advanced by figures such asArthur Schopenhauer ,Brother Theodore andDavid Benatar .cite book |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199296422.001.0001 | last = Benatar | first = David | title = Better Never to Have Been | publisher = Oxford University Press, USA | location = | year = 2006 | isbn = 9780199296422 ] Schopenhauer, in his essay "On the Suffering of the World" articulates the position as follows:Similarly, Benatar argues from the hedonistic premise that the infliction of harm is generally morally wrong and therefore to be avoided, and the intuition that the birth of a new person always entails nontrivial harm to that person, that there exists a
moral imperative not toprocreate .See also
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abstinence
*childfree
*National Alliance for Optional Parenthood
*Nietzschean affirmation , a contrasting stance in favor oflife , advocated byFriedrich Nietzsche who was a one-time follower of Schopenhauer.
*Natalism , the counterpoint to antinatalism
*Population control in order to decreasepopulation growth .
*Voluntary human extinction movement References
* Morgan, Philip and Berkowitz King, Rosalind, "Why Have Children in the 21st Century? Biological Predisposition, Social Coercion, Rational Choice", "European Journal of Population" 17: 3–20, 2001
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