leg-iron states the obvious, but does it so well that it’s worth reading again, even if by now we all know the words.
If there’s no reward for irresponsibility, those children won’t be abused because they won’t be born until their parents are ready for them, and actually want them.
That one of the most serious British social problems, which has permanent and highly undesirable and demographic consequences, is, and has always been, caused by the apparent inability of people to understand that the simple explanation (e.g. the above) is probably the right one, is no credit to philosophical education in our country.
