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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Ignore or assume we fix socioeconomics, environment, etc.;

Is having a child moral given the child cannot consent to being born?

(Not offering any opinion or trying to lead towards any answer)

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

I would say it isn’t

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[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Oh boy, you guys are gonna love the global pension fund crash then!

Which shouldn't be a problem, but with how abjectly you guys reject AI and automation, it is gonna be a problem

[–] Killing_Spark@feddit.de 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Valuing children only for the monetary value they will contribute is a very good way of producing unhappy children which in my view is pretty immoral. It's also pretty close to viewing humans as capital and that's problematic in it's own right

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