parent had to sign a statement that said — schopenhauer1
I wonder if this would cause someone to stop and think more when considering procreation and putting more people into the world.
Who would control this? A judge or notary? Also imagine they have kids without signing this statement.. which kind of punishment we should consider? Jail or compensation with interests? — javi2541997
Back again to your question I will say yes. It probably would prevent a lot of births because most of the people tend to have kids without consideration or responsibility. They just don’t care about what can happen to the kid. They are not responsable for the new human being created. Probably if somehow we can read this statement to them they would reconsider it and think more deeply about the topic and circumstances. — javi2541997
First, they would wonder what was wrong with the writer. Second, they would wonder why they are being forced to acknowledge his beliefs. Third, they wouldn’t sign it. — NOS4A2
Third, they wouldn’t sign it. — NOS4A2
No.I wonder if this would cause someone to stop and think more when considering procreation and putting more people into the world. — schopenhauer1
:yum: (Gonna try that with hot sauce!)ideological spam. — SophistiCat
people can't even remember to use a condom but you want them to read the fine print of a legal document — darthbarracuda
But if the trends toward "euthanasia" and wrongful life and wrongful living lawsuits become stronger, then this could create the conditions in which people might become more careful about producing children. Ie. when matters of life and death become something that is acceptable to talk about and to routinely threaten people with, it seems people will be more likely to distance themselves from having children altogether. — baker
people can't even remember to use a condom but you want them to read the fine print of a legal document :lol: — darthbarracuda
Well but with this legal document we can create something like an insurance to those kids whose parents are not responsible enough. — javi2541997
Wherever driving licenses are administered people sign forms indicating they've read the materials which explain the hazards of the road (along with guidelines for safe driving, etc) ... and yet drunk and aggressive and distracted driving persist, keeping the roads hazardous. Thus, schop1, auto insurance is always, everywhere, in demand. — 180 Proof
I wonder if this would cause someone to stop and think more when considering procreation and putting more people into the world. — schopenhauer1
What the fuck? How many of these copycat antinatalist topics are you going to start? There is no philosophical content here. This is ideological spam. — SophistiCat
Like I thought I said: "drunk and aggressive and distracted" fucking/nataling will
persist. :wink: — 180 Proof
Interesting.. what would that look like? — schopenhauer1
A personal desire for having children seems to be a far greater drive than the well-being of said children. No matter how dire the living conditions, wherever there are people, there are people multiplying. So no, I don't think it would make people stop and think. If only. — Tzeentch
Here's some anecdotal evidence:Does having a strong personal desire for something justify it? What would curb an initial personal desire? What kind of argument would it take? Is there something analogous we can look to here for something that will cause great harm, but can be personally desired and one does not go for it due to this? — schopenhauer1
It seems that her desire to have a child, even as a single mother by a sperm donor, was driven by her desire to feel validated as a human being, which was to her the second-best option to having a child by a husband.
I can't think of anything that could change that. — baker
What would curb an initial personal desire? — schopenhauer1
What's funny here, is one of my themes is — schopenhauer1
Even if it was funny the first time, after countless repetitions it no longer is. I don't understand why the mods allow this sort of thing here. — SophistiCat
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