Ethics:The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by the individual in his relationship with others. Moral(s):Conforming to established standards of good and bad behavior; Rules or habits of conduct... Responsib(le|ility): Involving personal accountability; Being a source or cause; Dependable, reliable. -American Heritage Dictionary If you really grasp the definitions above, and measure these against what's being discussed here the issue becomes rather clear-cut. In order to kill a child you were responsible for bringing into the world, you would have to then make an irresponsible decision and act upon it. In other words, you would have to say, "I wasn't the cause of this child -- it wasn't my fault." At that point, you have just killed yourself, to some degree. Sex has a known set of consequences, just as pulling the trigger of a loaded gun in a crowded room has consequences, some consequences far worse than others. Accepted/refused responsibility for the consequences of one's actions to a greater or lesser degree is the point of life or death in an individual. Too much attention and "philosophy" seems to be focused on fixing "effects" or consequences rather than finding underlying causes or sources. Killing a kid as a solution to a problem in the humanities is as 'replacing a fuse with a buss bar because it was always blowing' is to the physical sciences. Bio"ethics" is going to be oxymoronic until the above definitions are understood in all their ramifications by those who are the "authorities" on the subject and presume to teach others about it.
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Ethics:The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by the individual in his relationship with others.
Moral(s):Conforming to established standards of good and bad behavior; Rules or habits of conduct...
Responsib(le|ility): Involving personal accountability; Being a source or cause; Dependable, reliable. -American Heritage Dictionary
If you really grasp the definitions above, and measure these against what's being discussed here the issue becomes rather clear-cut. In order to kill a child you were responsible for bringing into the world, you would have to then make an irresponsible decision and act upon it. In other words, you would have to say, "I wasn't the cause of this child -- it wasn't my fault." At that point, you have just killed yourself, to some degree. Sex has a known set of consequences, just as pulling the trigger of a loaded gun in a crowded room has consequences, some consequences far worse than others. Accepted/refused responsibility for the consequences of one's actions to a greater or lesser degree is the point of life or death in an individual.
Too much attention and "philosophy" seems to be focused on fixing "effects" or consequences rather than finding underlying causes or sources. Killing a kid as a solution to a problem in the humanities is as 'replacing a fuse with a buss bar because it was always blowing' is to the physical sciences.
Bio"ethics" is going to be oxymoronic until the above definitions are understood in all their ramifications by those who are the "authorities" on the subject and presume to teach others about it.