>>14315088Cabrera's negative ethics is supposed to be a response to the negative structure of being, acutely aware of the
morally disqualifying nature of being. Cabrera believes children are usually considered as mere aesthetic objects,
are not created for their own sake but for the sake of their parents, and are thrown into a structurally negative
life by the act of procreation. Procreation is, as Cabrera argues, a supreme act of manipulation, a harm and a
violation of autonomy. He argues that the consistent application of normal moral concepts – like duty, virtue or
respect – present in most affirmative moralities entails antinatalism. Cabrera also believes that a human being
adopting negative ethics should not only abstain from procreation, but also should have a complete willingness for
an ethical death, by immediate suspension of all personal projects in benefit of a political fight or an
altruistic suicide, when it becomes the least immoral course of action.
