natalism
Pro-reproduction belief system
Natalism is the view that human reproduction should be encouraged, often through government policies promoting higher birth rates.
It opposes declining population trends and typically advocates for incentives like parental leave, child tax credits, or cultural shifts toward larger families.
The adjective is natalist: natalist policies, a natalist movement.
The opposite view is antinatalism.
Generating biological offspring
- childbearingGiving birth to young
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
fertility · maternity · paternity · parenthood · motherhood · fatherhood · offspring · childbirth
Advocacy for higher birthrates
- population growthIncrease in inhabitants over time
- birth rateLive deliveries per thousand
- fertility rateAverage offspring per person
- demographicStatistical population category
incentive · subsidy · child benefit · tax credit · family allowance · parental leave · childcare · housing policy
Study of right conduct
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- existential riskDanger threatening human survival
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
future generations · moral obligation · suffering · consent · quality of life · human flourishing · meaning of life · legacy
Adherence to inherited customs
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- moral dutyEthical requirement to act
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
collectivism · utilitarianism · individualism · feminism · environmentalism · Catholic teaching · Orthodox Judaism · ethnonationalism
procreation
Generating biological offspring
- childbearingGiving birth to young
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
gestation · fertility · maternity · paternity · parenthood · motherhood · fatherhood · offspring · childbirth · family planning
pronatalism
Advocacy for higher birthrates
- population growthIncrease in inhabitants over time
- birth rateLive deliveries per thousand
- fertility rateAverage offspring per person
demographic · incentive · subsidy · child benefit · tax credit · family allowance · parental leave · childcare · housing policy · immigration
ethics
Study of right conduct
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
- existential riskDanger threatening human survival
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
future generations · consequentialism · moral obligation · suffering · consent · quality of life · human flourishing · meaning of life · legacy · mortality
traditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- moral dutyEthical requirement to act
patriotism · collectivism · utilitarianism · individualism · feminism · environmentalism · Catholic teaching · Orthodox Judaism · ethnonationalism · cultural preservation
- Reproduction Policypronatalism, family planning, population control, birth rate, fertility rate
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
natalismpopulation control
Policies limiting demographic growth
family planning · one-child policy · Malthusianism · depopulation · eugenics