No one consents to being born. This collection examines what that absence of consent means for reproductive ethics, autonomy, and the moral standing of the unborn.
Is it ethically defensible to bring a person into existence without their consent? This essay examines the consent problem as a central challenge to the ethics of procreation.
Pronatalism is not a natural or default human stance but a deeply embedded ideology. This essay unpacks the cultural, religious, and economic machinery that drives the unexamined imperative to procreate.
Does the existence of suffering challenge theological justifications for human creation? This essay explores the collision of procreative ethics and divine benevolence.
To be born is to be brought into existence without consent. This essay examines whether this fundamental imposition can be ethically justified.
Pronatalism is not a natural impulse but a constructed ideology. This essay unpacks the cultural, religious, and economic machinery that coerces procreation.
This essay explores the most compelling counterarguments to antinatalism, from appeals to gratitude to the potential for future good, and articulates why these objections ultimately fail to overcome the ethical asymmetry of existence.
If God is all-loving and all-powerful, how can we justify creating new beings into a world rife with suffering? This essay questions theological defenses of procreation in light of the problem of evil.
Is non-existence preferable to a life of absurdity? We pit Camus, Sartre, and Cioran against each other on the question of birth.
To be born is a calamity. We explore Emil Cioran's radical pessimism and the literary expression of antinatalism in his aphoristic work, "The Trouble with Being Born."
Pronatalism is not a biological imperative but a deeply ingrained ideology. This essay unpacks the cultural, religious, and economic machinery that treats procreation as a default setting for human life.