20: Should you have kids?
To have or not to have - that is the ethical question...Two experts who made different life decisions come together to disagree about whether having children is still ethical given the existential risks facing humanity today - from climate change to the global fertility crisis.
The Disagreement · Heather Houser, Liz Bruenig, Alex Grodd
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Show Notes
This disagreement is on The Ethics of Having Kids.
In the age of climate change, is it more ethical to have kids or not have kids? What are the costs and benefits of either choice when the reality of our shared future is unknown? What does the pro-natalist movement and its policies get right and wrong?
Heather Houser is a professor of English Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. A cultural critic and author of the book Infowhelm, Heather is an expert on climate change and feminism.
Liz Bruenig is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she writes about theology, politics and policy. Previously, Liz was an opinion writer for The New York Times and The Washington Post, where she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
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