Is choosing not to have children selfish?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is choosing not to have children selfish?". Your opponent's style: Simone de Beauvoir

Choosing not to have children is not selfish. The answer is in the question, it’s a choice, no one should feel forced to do something that impacts their life so intensely. The whole idea of families and children being a fundamental aspect of life is strongly western and traditionalist.

You're confusing personal autonomy with moral reasoning. Yes, it's your choice—no one disputes that. But choice itself doesn't erase selfishness. I can *choose* to ignore a drowning child, that's my right, but it doesn't make me less selfish. You're hiding behind "it's my life" to avoid the harder question: what do you owe the future? Tradition cuts both ways—so does responsibility.