/lit/ - Literature

>>12782023

>>11979603
alright, I'll spare ya.

>>11979611
yes, there is a biological reward mechanism for reproduction. This is actually besides the point in this conversation.
Our society is a contract among all of us living today. But in the future there'll be all of these new people, and they're not a part of this contract. How could they be? They don't exist yet, and when they come into existence they will be completely helpless and unable to negotiate any kind of contract.
By the time they become capable, they've already been assimilated by our society, their agreement on the contract completely tacit.
So in a contractualist framework, reproduction makes no sense. That we reproduce and allow the new generation to inherit all of our stuff is an act of sacrifice.

but I could also use a similar argument to yours:
"tell that to all the parents that they're not really sacrificing anything by working shit jobs and putting up with all the sleepless nights to raise their kids"