A framework treating non-existent persons' hypothetical autonomy as lexically prior to existing persons' reproductive liberty generates paradoxes non-identity theory exposes as incoherent.
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A philosophical idea (mainly associated with philosopher Derek Parfit) that says whether a person exists at all depends on specific circumstances—so you can't really harm someone by bringing them into existence, even under bad conditions, because they wouldn't exist otherwise.
Paradoxes(the logical puzzles that Swyneshed's framework helps solve)
Statements or situations that seem to contradict themselves or lead to impossible conclusions, even though they appear logical at first.
Reproductive liberty(as used in ethics and philosophy of reproduction)
The freedom people have to make their own choices about whether and when to have children.
framework(Carnap's philosophy of language and logic)
A structured system of rules or language that must be in place for rational discourse to be possible.