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Antinatalism

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Antinatalism or anti-natalism is a family of philosophical views that are critical of reproduction — they consider coming into existence as bad or deem procreation as immoral. Antinatalists thus argue that humans should abstain from having children. Antinatalist views don't need to be limited only to humans, but may encompass all sentient creatures, claiming that coming into existence is a harm for sentient beings in general.: 2–3, 163 There are various reasons why antinatalists believe reproduction is problematic. The most common arguments for antinatalism include:

Life entails inevitable suffering.
Death is inevitable.
Humans (and all forms of life) are born without their consent—no one chooses whether or not they come into existence.
Life is meaningless.
Humans are evil in nature.
There are countless things that can go wrong with reproducing a child.
Although some people may turn out to be happy, this is not guaranteed, so to procreate is to gamble with another person's suffering.
There is an axiological asymmetry between good and bad things in life, such that coming into existence is always a harm.

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