A form of pessimism can support the claim that we have a collective duty to prevent the creation of additional human beings. More specifically, I argue that axiological pessimism, which suggests that human existence is overall bad (for humans) because of a form of evil it causes, implies that we should end human procreation, provided that we do not thereby generate further such evil. In turn, this conclusion can support anti‐natalism, the normative view that we should refrain from procreating.

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价值论的悲观主义、生育和集体责任

某种形式的悲观主义可以支持这样一种说法，即我们有集体责任来防止创造更多的人类。更具体地说，我认为价值论悲观主义，即认为人类的存在总体上是坏的（对人类的），因为它造成了某种形式的邪恶，这意味着我们应该结束人类的繁殖，只要我们不因此产生进一步的这种邪恶。反过来，这个结论可以支持反自然主义，即我们应该避免生育的规范性观点。