Summary: Do not go gentle: why the Asymmetry does not support anti-natalism

Abstract

Many people believe that it makes the world worse to create miserable lives, but that it doesn’t make the world better to create happy lives. This is one way of expressing “the Asymmetry” in population ethics. If we go on creating new people, many will be happy, but some will be unhappy. If we accept the Asymmetry, the continued existence of humanity therefore involves…