# Ethical Implications of Remaining Childless By Choice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-implications-of-remaining-childless-by-choice/521653>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 17, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-implications-of-remaining-childless-by-choice/521653 "2009-12-17T17:03:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-implications-of-remaining-childless-by-choice/521653/241 "2010-01-04T18:24:12Z")

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> [@mswas](#):
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> Who said, ‘every’? I said, ‘Most’. (. . .) Most human choices? Selfish.

You did.

> [@mswas](#):
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> Yes, it is. Everything we do is selfish.
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> Using it any other way is doublespeak and that’s doubleplusungood.

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-implications-of-remaining-childless-by-choice/521653/242 "2010-01-04T18:47:38Z")

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> [@Crawlspace](#):
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> You did.

K fair enough. Revise it to ‘most’ or ‘almost every’. Or even, ‘Altruistic acts are extremely rare.’

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