There’s a literature of people in philosophy arguing that people should refrain from having children due to concerns about climate change and other environmental degradation, specifically the concern is that their children (and their children’s children) will consume resources.
Earth Overshoot day shows just how badly humanity over-consumes. It is not smart to add to that burden even at undeveloped nation levels. We should be living with less, not bending over backwards for the economy of more-more-more.
Is this supposed to be an argument for having kids, or is it just an argument against not having kids for this specific reason?
The latter
Earth Overshoot day shows just how badly humanity over-consumes. It is not smart to add to that burden even at undeveloped nation levels. We should be living with less, not bending over backwards for the economy of more-more-more.