https://aeon.co/essays/having-childr...ng-its-immoral
This professor advances the argument that "coming into existence is always a harm", and that it is morally wrong to bring new human life into being without the consent of the not-yet-born; we humans being so capable of suffering and inflicting suffering. Sort of an academic treatment of the ancient adolescent protest: "I didn't ask to be born".
In answer to the inevitable question of why he himself has not yet shuffled off this mortal coil, his response is something along the lines of some shows are bad, but not bad enough to walk out of. I personally find that line of thought a bit unconvincing. Would not murder then be an act of kindness?
I myself can think of several arguments for the continuation for the human race in general and myself and my progeny in particular.
It's not really all that bad now, and it might get even better better. Extinction can wait.
Existential spite.
Even if it's really so terrible, my suffering is only a short eye-blink in eternity anyway.
I wouldn't want to be so rude as to return the gift of existence.
I want to see my brat deal with kids of her own someday.
I owe it to the universe to mock tenured twits for as many years as possible.