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What do philosophers want their kids to be when they grow up?

If they ever have any. Please explain in accordance with the various doctrines philosophers might follow.
 

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Tom Allen, Engineer, Roboticist, and Innovator
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Solipsists can't tell whether or not they have kids.
Determinists think its all pre-destined anyway, so the kids will just work it out.
Utilitarianists want their kids to change the world for the better.
Epicureans want their kids to be happy.
Positivists are waiting on the latest research results before they decide what their kids should be.
Absurdists are too busy filling the bathtub with shiny metal things to worry about their kids.
Objectivists want their kids to be rational.
Secular Humanists want their kids to be unique.
Nihilists want their kids to be dead.
Existentialists want their kids to exist.
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