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    It is not the case that Procreation is routinely more morally problematic than is generally recognized.

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    • 1.The non-identity problem (Parfit) shows that harmed-person language is incoherent when the 'harm' is constitutive of the person's existence.
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    • 2.A life that is worth living cannot be a net harm to the person living it, since the only alternative for that specific individual is non-existence.
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    • 3.Without a coherent harmed subject, the consent-based objection to procreation loses its logical foundation.
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    • 1.John Robertson's procreative liberty framework holds that reproductive autonomy is a fundamental liberty interest grounded in bodily self-determination.
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    • 2.Treating procreation as presumptively morally problematic inverts the proper burden of proof, which falls on those who would restrict fundamental liberties, not on those who exercise them.
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    • 1.Procreation imposes harms on a future person without that person's consent.
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    • 2.The harms imposed through procreation constitute a pure benefit case, not a harm-prevention case.
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    • 3.We have serious moral qualms about harming someone without their consent to secure a pure benefit for them, even when the benefit outweighs the harm.
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