We don't have a resolved answer to whether it's ethical to bring new people into existence given the certainty of future suffering.
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Some philosophers argue that creating new life is never straightforwardly good given the guaranteed hardships of existence, while most people reject this conclusion intuitively. This unresolved tension underlies debates in population ethics.
Citation ID: WS01069
Title: We don't have a resolved answer to whether it's ethical to bring new people into existence given the certainty of future suffering.
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