Can We Fail Someone Who Doesn’t Yet Exist?
This is the question that came to mind while reading Ross Douthat’s argument that our social norms contracept more children from being born.
The rights of the non-existent are slightly different than those of the not-yet-existent. The latter will exist, while the former may or may not.
The question of our responsibility to bring life into the world is dif…
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