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    It is not the case that It is morally wrong for anyone to have children, given Christian exclusivism and the traditional doctrine of hell.

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Moral obligations cannot coherently be derived from combining empirical uncertainty about metaphysical doctrines with contested theological exclusivism.
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    • 2.Christian exclusivism is itself a deeply disputed theological position, making it an insufficiently stable premise for generating binding moral duties.
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    • 3.A moral argument requiring the abandonment of procreation proves too much, since it would equally prohibit any action that exposes others to uncertain metaphysical risk.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Parfit's work on non-identity demonstrates that potential persons who would not otherwise exist cannot coherently be said to be wronged by being brought into existence.
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    • 2.If the child brought into existence ultimately achieves salvation, the parent's act of procreation was instrumentally necessary for that eternal good, defeating the moral prohibition.
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    Reasons Against

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    • Some widespread moral intuitions, together with Christian exclusivism and the traditional doctrine of hell, entail that it is morally wrong for anyone to have children.
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