ABSTRACT
In this chapter it is asked whether the right to procreate may be limited for sustainability reasons. It is argued that an unlimited right to procreate is not plausible, but that an understanding of a limited right is. First, people have important interests in the renewal of generations. Second, procreation is important because parent–child relationships involve important goods for many people. Taking these two considerations into account, a sustainability strategy that (morally) requires people to have only one child may be justified. However, it is argued that there are good reasons to exempt the global poor from limits on procreation.
