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[appolose]

SamuelRSmith said:

appolose said:

Rath said:

appolose said:
Oh my, what have I done? :)
If overcrowding really is such a problem, I think either imposing limits or even sterilization would do. That would circumvent the moral objection, for me.

 

Interestingly I am against both on moral grounds.

I think that both compulsory sterilization and legal limits on the number of children you can have violate the rights of parents. However optional (and free, or perhaps even with incentives) sterilization and incentives for having fewer children are decent ideas for controlling the population in my opinion.

 

Mm, perhaps the second option would be better.

@Samuel

Nevertheless (if abortion wouldn't stunt economic growth), it would solve the possible more pressing problem of overpopulation

 

 Abortion wouldn't have anywhere near the long term impact as sterilization of mass cutdowns in birth. Overpopulated areas tend to sort themselves out, if you get what I'm saying.

I don't necessarily mean huge amounts of sterilization, just smaller amounts.  As Rath suggested, perhaps just make it voluntary.