How Many Children Should We Have? None

Paper by Gerald Harrison & Julia Tanner, published on September 1, 2016 in The Philosophers' Magazine

Most people take it for granted that it's morally permissible to have children. They may raise questions about the number of children it's responsible to have or whether it's permissible to reproduce when there's a strong risk of serious disability. But in general, having children is considered a good thing to do, something that's morally permissible in most cases (perhaps even obligatory).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/tpm201675133
The Philosophers' Magazine 75/4 (2016), 72–77