You might like MacAskill and Morgansen’s 2021 paper addressing this very question! I’d suggest actually reading the paper, but the tldr is that they agree with you, to a point — they don’t conclude that this proves “existence is immoral” but rather that traditional deontological ethics may need significant revision to handle the reality of butterfly effects and indirect harms.
You might like MacAskill and Morgansen’s 2021 paper addressing this very question! I’d suggest actually reading the paper, but the tldr is that they agree with you, to a point — they don’t conclude that this proves “existence is immoral” but rather that traditional deontological ethics may need significant revision to handle the reality of butterfly effects and indirect harms.
You might also enjoy https://spot.colorado.edu/~huemer/papers/absolutism.pdf and the papers it cites (especially the Jackson + Smith one). I’m sure there’s more, but this is what I have off the top of my head!