Breeders often defame childfree people as selfish. This is not justified, because it confuses healthy self-interest and inconsiderate selfhishness.
Healthy self-interest accepts the importance of one's own legitimate wellbeing under the one condition of responsibility and consideration, that no other person is taken advantage of, exploited, damaged, hurt or seriously desturbed and annoyed.
Selfishness is putting one's own wellbeing first without any responsibility or consideration. Taking advantage, exploiting, damaging, hurting or seriously desturbing and annoying others is accepted without any guilt as collateral damage.
Childfree people follow their legitimate self-interest, their not-breeding does not damage or harm anybody. Therefore childfree people are not selfish.
Healthy self-interest accepts the importance of one's own legitimate wellbeing under the one condition of responsibility and consideration, that no other person is taken advantage of, exploited, damaged, hurt or seriously desturbed and annoyed.
Selfishness is putting one's own wellbeing first without any responsibility or consideration. Taking advantage, exploiting, damaging, hurting or seriously desturbing and annoying others is accepted without any guilt as collateral damage.
Childfree people follow their legitimate self-interest, their not-breeding does not damage or harm anybody. Therefore childfree people are not selfish.
