Economist Thomas Malthus stated that the elimination of the existing population might be averted by either positive or preventive checks on population. Preventive checks are mortality risks such as famine, disease, and war, compared with positive checks which are limits on fertility. For Malthus, the only acceptable positive check was moral restraint.

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Malthus referred to positive checks as factors that increase mortality (like famine, disease, and war) and preventive checks as measures that limit fertility (like moral restraint).

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