Oh god, the argument is still going on on Facebook. Apparently, the options are 'cis people are obsessed with gender' or 'trans people face no prejudice for not conforming to the gender norms expected of them.'
Having children is morally neutral. But our morality comes from our biology. Our prefrontal cortex mostly. Gives us fairness, empathy, compassion etc.
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I don't think it is. I think it's overwhelmingly seen as a moral positive, in that it is the greatest responsibility that we have. Not only that, but we choose long term mates in large part based on our judgement of them as potential parents.
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Having children can certainly be seen as a moral positive but we don't actually have any responsibility to perpetuate our species. Another argument is that humans are so bad for other life on this planet, we have a moral responsibility to reduce our impact by not having children.
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I must admit I am slightly astonished at this response. If we have a responsibility to the next generation, then don't we have a responsibility that there is a next generation? As for your environmental nihilism, I tend to view humans as a net good (I am on team human).
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No. The responsibility to care for the children we do have is not a responsibility to have children. This is fairly consistent. We nearly always have responsibility for things we have done but not the responsibility to do everything that responsibility needs to be taken for.
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