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15 Post author: jkaufman 22 October 2013 12:13PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 22 October 2013 10:13:41PM 1 point [-]

The quoted excerpt from Rachels doesn't mention enjoyment. In Rachels's view (or yours), is it moral to have kids so long as I am doing so out of a sense of duty rather than because I expect it to be fun? If I was a starving kid in Africa, I am not sure I would see the difference, assuming that a vitamin A deficiency hasn't rendered me blind.