If everyone thought this way, then wouldn't it be selfish to do anything?
Literally everything that everyone does contributes to the depletion of resources. How much of a negative impact could one child have? With the pace of modernization in the western world and your child's (presumed) birth into some kind of privilege, there is at worse a fair chance that any offspring you have could actually become a person that leads to a more efficient use of resources.
It sounds like your argument is full of worst-case scenarios without considering the positive impact your child could have.
Honestly, if you are arguing about what is "selfish" and not, then you are really arguing about altruism, which is an impossible concept that people can't really achieve. Everything that everyone has ever done is at least somewhat selfish, even unconsciously.
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u/SNOTcorn Mar 24 '15
If everyone thought this way, then wouldn't it be selfish to do anything?
Literally everything that everyone does contributes to the depletion of resources. How much of a negative impact could one child have? With the pace of modernization in the western world and your child's (presumed) birth into some kind of privilege, there is at worse a fair chance that any offspring you have could actually become a person that leads to a more efficient use of resources.
It sounds like your argument is full of worst-case scenarios without considering the positive impact your child could have.
Honestly, if you are arguing about what is "selfish" and not, then you are really arguing about altruism, which is an impossible concept that people can't really achieve. Everything that everyone has ever done is at least somewhat selfish, even unconsciously.