Heavenly Procreation
2023; Society of Christian Philosophers; Volume: 39; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.37977/faithphil.2022.39.1.5
ISSN2153-3393
Autores Tópico(s)American Constitutional Law and Politics
Resumo2009, 2016) argues that the existence of Hell renders procreation impermissible.Jason Marsh (2015) contends that problems of evil motivate anti-natalism.Anti-natalism is principally rejected for its perceived conflict with reproductive rights.I propose a theistic solution to the latter problem.Universalism says that all persons will, postmortem, eventually be eternally housed in Heaven, a superbly good place wherein harm is fully absent.The acceptance of universalism is now widespread, but I offer further reason to embrace one variant of it.If universalism is true and there are opportunities to procreate in Heaven, then reproductive autonomy is largely preserved for everyone.Assuming Heaven is a harmfree place, there are no risks to children born in Heaven, unlike Earth or Hell.While this requires human persons to accept temporary restrictions on procreation during our premortem lives, the bulk of reproductive autonomy is preserved since one will have infinite opportunities to reproduce in Heaven.PRO-NATALISM: Human procreation is often all-things-considered morally permissible.ANTI-NATALISM: Human procreation is never all-things-considered morally permissible.1 My thanks to Anthony Ferrucci and Jason Marsh for helpful discussion
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