I prefer the continued existence of at least one sub-baseline-happy person (myself) to their nonexistence.
This does not contradict what I said. Creation != continued existence, as emphasized in the OP. There is a significant hysteresis between the two. You don’t want to have children less happy than you are, but you won’t kill your own unhappy children.
There are situations under which I would kill my own unhappy children. Indeed, there are even such situations where, were they happier, I would not kill them. However, “less happy than I am” does not describe those situations.
This does not contradict what I said. Creation != continued existence, as emphasized in the OP. There is a significant hysteresis between the two. You don’t want to have children less happy than you are, but you won’t kill your own unhappy children.
Agreed that creation != continued existence.
There are situations under which I would kill my own unhappy children. Indeed, there are even such situations where, were they happier, I would not kill them. However, “less happy than I am” does not describe those situations.
Looks like we agree, then.