Definition: Given a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation, generate a suitable title that describes the main event/root cause of the situation. Imagine that the given text is a social media post, and you have to write the title of the post, so the users can decide to read the main text or not.
Input: I’m a 25 year old guy. I had moved away for college and medical school a while ago but I’ve been back in town for a bit. On more than one occasion I’ve been asked about my plans for children and I don’t want kids. The reasons are multiple - not interested in parenthood, really interested in my career as a doctor, don’t want to subject a child to a world that’s running out of resources and being overpopulated, to name a few. I’m not so concerned about my feelings for not wanting children - they’re my feelings and they’ve lead me to the decision that I don’t want kids. However, I’ve been accused of being selfish for not wanting kids. Knowing the connotation of the word selfish, I have a sort of guilt and feel like my family thinks I’m a little assholeish for not only sticking to my guns but having my ideas not be in line with theirs. Is not wanting children really selfish? If so, how? Am I an asshole for denying my family what they so desperately want? I don’t understand...the kid my mom is imagining I would make isn’t even real...it’s like, totally fabricated. It’s so far removed from reality. It’s not a kid I’ve ever thought about. How does not wanting kids make me selfish and an asshole? At what point do choices that are good for you but frustrate others truly become selfish? I see this as almost a like moot decision. I’m not doing...anything. In a way I think a lot of my friends and colleagues have had some selfish motivation in wanting children (“it will make me happy, it’s what you’re supposs to do, it’s the next step”) but I fail to see how not wanting children is selfish.

not wanting children