how do we ethically control overpopulation?

Answer 1

We can control overpopulation ethically by educating the youth and giving them access to birth control and letting them know that the world would be better off if you wait till you are financially ready, and you plan out when you want to have children with your spouse or lover.

Answer 2

I knew what my answer was going to be even before I looked at the others to see if someone else already said it. Well, there were 23 answers to read and it was the last one that tippy-toed around what I'm going to say. No one else even suggested it. The United States is currently involved in an "ethical" population control. Open warfare has always been the first choice of the "ethical" Now the Black Plague had nothing to do with "ethics", so I can't cite disease. It's the word "ethically" in your question that is so intriguing. War is the only answer that fits, and it can be trusted to reduce the population, especially of the most reproductive age groups.

Answer 3

I do think overpopulation is a definite problem. However, I don't think it's the biggest problem with regard to global warming. The US doesn't have the highest birthrate, but it uses the most resources. Many countries in Africa have a very high birthrate, but don't use many resouces. It's how many each person uses. If every person used as many resources as the average American, we'd run out pretty quickly. That said, with all of the droughts, food shortages, energy shortages, and natural disasters were are likely facing in the upcoming decades, it would help if people had smaller families rather than big ones.

Answer 4

That is a tough question. One I don't see a clear answer for. There is really no "ethical" way to control overpopulation. That is my opinion though, I'm sure others have different views.

As in the movie Logan's Run, there is euthanasia, but if we destroy our elderly, there goes our history, and if we advocate abortion as a solution, there goes our future.

If we abort the unborn as a solution, we could be destroying the individual who could find the cure for AIDS, cancer, or various other diseases.

I wish I had a better answer for you, but as I see it, I don't think there is really an ethical solution.

Answer 5

I think the best thing we can do right now, is education. We need to educate people universally on the effects of overpopulation and what effect they can have on the problem. Also, we need to educate people on birth control methods and make them available world-wide.

Answer 6

how to control them ethically?..maybe by NOT enforcing j.s. mill's "harm principle"...that was a joke. But umm one can educate the young and the old, and come into a conclusion asa whole. however they cannot come into ONE right answer (as reasoning has taught us)..so..it might be impossible to CONTROL the population by ethical reasons....plus, ur question is biased..who said our population needs to BE controlled to begin with..you are pretty much limiting the liberties of everyone. Which itself, is UNETHICAL

Answer 7

It is suspected that controlling factors have been in play already for quite a while .

And ethically is not possible .People are to vain or to proud ,Many many cultures rate men by the number of children they got ,In India,Africa,Mexico and USA amongst others

Our natural resources and especially food production are reaching critical levels as well as fresh water supplies .

People use and need land,so more and more is being changed to accomodate human growth and devellopment.

Over the last half century,
Population growth & rising incomes have tripled world grain demand from 640 million tons to 1,855 million

In the near future the global farming community will not be able to feed every body ,food prices will continue to rise. .

Each year pressures on water supplies are increasing with 70 million more people drinking cooking and washing ,not to mention Irrigation for agriculture which consumes 70% of all water supplies.

SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
At a Bilderberg(UN)meeting in Kopenhagen in 1998 it was suggested to bring the world population down by 60%,one cannot help but wonder at how this would be archieved

And the Americans manauvring for a nuclear war is suspicious

Population control in the past and present and suspected

War (past .present and future)
All along native peoples have been suplied with arms and encouraged to wipe each other out ,(such as all over Africa )
Natures way disease(today,past and future)
Manufactured disease(suspected today)
Cures that kill(suspected today)
Poisoned consumer goods (suspected today)
Making children infertile or gay,by raising the PH level in drinking water or even drinks (suspected today)

Birth control,(in the past the Olmecs women ate yams to make them infertile

Today we have several methods but most reach only the educated ,i handed out condoms to an native Mazatecca comunity in Oaxaca ,and the church retrieved them all )
Education on birth control(not enough,again the poor regions are excluded )
Laws that limit childbirth per family(China)


remember Soylent green , ??????

Human sacrifice(Mayas ,Aztecs,druids),may be the best option ,it would remove the strain on Natural resources and make more available for survivers ,stop expanding populations from deforresting because of settlement and expanding farming
Take the pressure of drink water supplies ,There would be less need for Wars ,We could use the blood and remains to compost fields that were destroyed by irresponsible agriculture

At the end of the day if we did it in a dignified manner we could have lots of religious parties ,better then bombing societies across the world making everybody angry ,and the Gods would be over the Moon Source

We would only sacrifice Enemies of the planet or society if we run out of them.

And the general public would be much more repectfull towards Nature

Answer 8

I thought I heard that scientists were worried because male fertility has been dropping. Nations were worried because their populations were going negative. Why do I still hear about overpopulation? Can't these guys keep their stories straight?

Answer 9

The entire population of the planet Earth could fit into the State of Maryland, each in his or her own 36 square foot box (6 feet x 6 feet). And there would be room for about a billion similar sized alien visitors. So I have to ask you, what overpopulation? Have you been blindly following what the liberal's media tells you? Educate YOURSELF!

Answer 10

Only education could make an impact. Maybe a tax incentive to have less kids. But you can't stop people from having children, the is a defiant right of Americas.