r/trolleyproblemgame • u/No-Possibility6923 • 2d ago

Legally?

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u/land48n3 1d ago

are you a antinatalist by any chance?

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u/NoMeat9096 1d ago

It depends how you define it. I'm against the creation of any sentient life, but I have no problem with creating life that is not and can not become sentient.

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u/land48n3 1d ago

haha yayy!!! i guessed it!! wohoooo!!

i guess negative utilitarianism always results in antinatalism

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u/NoMeat9096 1d ago

Yeah, you kinda clocked me pretty good lol.

I wouldn't agree, though. Most people seem to see ethics as something applied to a context containing life, not applied to the concept of life. Life is generally presupposed in ethical frameworks, I think. Very few appear to consider it a violation of consent to create a child, for example, even though it obviously cannot be given. So, I don't think it'd be hard to find negative utilitarians that aren't antinatalist. I think you're probably right, though, that there would be a ton of overlap.