Antinatalism - Adoptions

I was asked if I believe it moral to adopt a child from the foster care system instead of breeding as an antinatalist, here's my thoughts on the matter.
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[@jim-es8qk]

"Morality is just a fiction used by the herd of inferior human beings to hold back the few superior men," Nietzsche, 19th century

[@nomorephilosophy]

i dont really understand antinatalism, but i fully respect, understand, and support the choice not to have children (NOT ANTINATALISM). ive read schopenhauer before, and i understand that his pessimistic philosophy relates a lot to antinatalism (and i like his writing+ideas despite rarely agreeing with his points). however, this outlook, and the perspective that bringing children into this world is immoral, really degrades life, and the original purpose of living things. i understand that suffering is a part of life; every person who has lived for some time knows that. this doesnt have to mean that suffering IS life or that life IS suffering. life isnt always fair to us individuals, and that sucks. life isnt always pretty, and that sucks too. but sometimes it is, and that's worth something to me. we have the potential to be human, and humans were meant to fly. we cant ever be human if we are held down by gravity. i think antinatalism and pessimism are part of gravity. youre not selfish to want children, and youre not selfish to not want children! life isn't solely a war between good and evil none of us chose to be here so dont forget that you could make this place better

[@snakelama]

jesus christ help this man

[@DylanRDunn]

I am an antinatalist. More people need to think a lot more about having children. There’s many already existing kids in the adoption care system but parents just want to create their own. We need more people to care about these kids rather than creating their own.

[@NoodlyPanda]

I agree, and unfortunately too many parents have kids for selfish reasons like they're trying to save a relationship that's failing or they want fulfillment or someone to take care of them in their old age or something like that. That's not having a kid for the kid. Too many parents shouldn't be parents.