tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post1740826501148192129..comments2024-03-27T14:45:28.176-05:00Comments on Adventus: The Awesome Power of TechnologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-79913899376787439642020-07-19T22:11:36.557-05:002020-07-19T22:11:36.557-05:00bydleNÍ<br /><a href="https://krasne-bydleni.cz/" rel="nofollow"> bydleNÍ </a><br />Haiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621481464531416653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-74409481333437178492014-08-22T18:41:18.063-05:002014-08-22T18:41:18.063-05:00Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be su...Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.<br /><br />*sips hemlock thoughtfully*ntoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068160577299501895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-17232773184050787612014-08-22T03:31:50.756-05:002014-08-22T03:31:50.756-05:00Is Dawkins confusing Downs w/ something like anenc...Is Dawkins confusing Downs w/ something like anencephaly (born w/o a brain)? There are plenty of people w/ Downs who could rationally explain why their existence is moral good, "increasing the sum of happiness"!<br /><br />I'm "Abortion on Demand, Without Apology", but I'm ALSO "Give Birth Without Apology" TOO, based upon a pregnant woman's free choice. And Dawkins can stick a sock in his ignorance re Downs. JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-64778457087749001012014-08-21T17:51:57.399-05:002014-08-21T17:51:57.399-05:00As you note, it is not only a statement of moral p...As you note, it is not only a statement of moral permissiveness, but an assertion of moral obligation: Thou shalt increase the sum of happiness and reduce the sum of suffering. <br /><br />It rather ratchets up the consequence of the fairly common assessment, "Everyone would be better off without me."rick allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612435616018593956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-35667607668912722572014-08-21T17:36:09.163-05:002014-08-21T17:36:09.163-05:00Certainly an argument for suicide, isn't it?Certainly an argument for suicide, isn't it?Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-44320731981963129522014-08-21T16:43:21.008-05:002014-08-21T16:43:21.008-05:00"if your morality is based, as mine is, on a ..."if your morality is based, as mine is, on a desire to increase the sum of happiness and reduce suffering, the decision to deliberately give birth to a Down baby, when you have the choice to abort it early in the pregnancy, might actually be immoral from the point of view of the child’s own welfare."<br /><br />Given the inevitability of suffering in any and every human life, I wonder if any birth would be moral under this standard. rick allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612435616018593956noreply@blogger.com