What is Antinatalism?
'''Antinatalism''', or '''anti-natalism''', is a [[philosophy|philosophical]] stance and social movement that gives a negative [[value (ethics)|value]] to [[Birth|starting life]]. Antinatalists argue that humans (and sometimes other [[sentience|sentient beings]]) should stop making kids because it is [[morality|morally]] [[evil|bad]]. People who believe that making kids is morally good are called natalists. The term antinatalism was likely used for the first time by Belgian author [[Théophile de Giraud]] in his book ''L'art de guillotiner les procréateurs: Manifeste anti-nataliste''. South African philosopher [[David Benatar]] has also published books in support of antinatalism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/anti-natalists-childfree-population-climate-change|title=I wish I'd never been born: the rise of the anti-natalists|author=Tuhus-Dubrow, Rebecca|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=14 November 2019|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref> == Arguments == '''Negative utilitarianism''' is the idea that stopping pain is more important than making people happy.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=NARVESON|first=JAN|date=1967|title=V.—UTILITARIANISM AND NEW GENERATIONS|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mind/lxxvi.301.62|journal=Mind|volume=LXXVI|issue=301|pages=62–72|doi=10.1093/mind/lxxvi.301.62|issn=0026-4423}}</ref> This makes it different from [[utilitarianism]]. Utilitarianism is the idea that people should do the most useful thing. The most useful thing in utilitarianism is making people happy. People who believe in negative utilitarianism idea say that making happiness is not needed. Since life has bad things, it is not worth starting.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vetter|first=Hermann|date=January 1969|title=IV. The production of children as a problem of utilitarian ethics|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00201746908601575|journal=Inquiry|volume=12|issue=1–4|pages=445–447|doi=10.1080/00201746908601575|issn=0020-174X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=VETTER|first=HERMANN|title=Utilitarianism and New Generations