Of course they discriminate; that's what humans do best.
Is it moral?:........ is there some moral yardstick?........; "simply the
best thing to do".....for who?
more to the point, does one agree with the doctors, the lady in question, or
"none of the above"?
Most importantly, is it moral to give lawyers more work?........
sounds like Asimov's laws of robotics to me .
as a 'rule of thumb', stories about lawyers suing doctors are remarkably
removed from 'real' , moral concerns because they sound like territorial
arguments (to me), and are astoundingly removed from 'real' human stories of
suffering, survival and aspiration precisely because they sound like stories
about "how to cut the cake" rather than stories about 'how we can make
enough cake'; it seems to be about "taking what's mine", as against "giving
what I can".
But maybe I'm just jaded
Most importantly, in this mailing, is the message that "discrimination" (per
se), isn't wrong, (per se), - it's just what we do to understand the world.
if what you mean to vilify is "dogmatism"...- well let me be the first to
join you - let's make it an absolute rule that "Dogmatics" - who ever they
may be- must never be tolerated they must be killed, and tortured
horribly, just so the rest of us may
belong.............................................
( P.S. - this is how so called "comedians" evolved, in my opinion)
ppl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Brookhuis" <brookhuis1@zonnet.nl>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: 12 December 2000 23:15
Subject: MD clinics and baby's
> Clinics and baby's
>
> Maybe something interesting for the MOQ, a case about morals, values and
> ethics.
> (taken from real live)
> Maybe the moq-members could help clearing things up
>
> The case
> Picture a fertility clinic and the following case:
>
> A lesbian woman, blind, has a girlfriend with whome she's been living
quite
> happily for some years. Together they take care for two children, the
> children were given birth to by her girlfriend.
>
> The woman wants to give birth to an (biologically) own child, but her
> blindness is caused by a hereditary disease which runs through her family.
> There's a 42% chance that she will give birth to a child who will also
carry
> this disease and become blind when he/she is growing up.
>
> The doctors of the clinic refuse to help this woman with donor
insemination
> because of the high risk of blindness for the child.
> She is very angry and is sueing the clinic for discrimination of disabled
> people.
>
> Some questions regarding the case:
> Do the doctors discriminate? And if so, is it moral to do so?
> What's the moral in this case or simply the best thing to do?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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