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AtheistCrusader

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21. Well, what I was trying to drive at is:
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 11:49 AM
Sep 2014

Would it be morally acceptable to intentionally conceive and bring to term a Down Syndrome child. Meaning, to, as I said earlier, game the system to produce that result, as the opposite of Dawkins' exhortation to game the system in the opposite way. Does it reveal a moral underpinning one way or the other?


I would guess that most people might find that a problem, but they might not be able to articulate exactly why.

Because that was the heart of his suggestion or the 'what', moral implications aside, that a prospective mother should, in his opinion, abort and try again. (Because this is a division/copy error, not a genetic artifact.) Separate from his claim of 'why', in this case, that he says it is immoral.

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If we could all just be more like him, the world would be perfect. cbayer Aug 2014 #1
He does leave a lot to be desired. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #2
Interesting. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #3
So you agree with Dawkins that it is "immoral" not to abort a fetus with Downs? Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #4
I don't know that suggesting a burden on a potential mother is helpful in this discussion/issue. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #7
My problem with Dawkins' pronouncement Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #11
Eugenics is about changing (improving) the genetics of a population cbayer Sep 2014 #5
You said it yourself. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #6
That is just twisting words. cbayer Sep 2014 #8
I didn't twist anything. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #9
I think you are reading something in to this that is not there. cbayer Sep 2014 #10
Well, we agree on abortion. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #14
Again, carrying a down's child to term is entirely up to the person cbayer Sep 2014 #15
If a fetus is not a potential person Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #12
The key is; potential. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #13
You seem to be raising the question as to whether it is moral for a woman cbayer Sep 2014 #16
I am stating that it is morally fine. 100%. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #17
What if a woman was being paid to do it cbayer Sep 2014 #18
Sure, i accept the revised hypothetical. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #19
Yes, but it doesn't have to do with abortion. cbayer Sep 2014 #20
Well, what I was trying to drive at is: AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #21
I would insist on a psychiatric evaluation of anyone that wanted to do that, frankly. cbayer Sep 2014 #22
Woah, that may have carried a negative connotation. Let me clarify. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #23
Most women who encounter this have one single risk factor - age. cbayer Sep 2014 #24
kicking. hrmjustin Sep 2014 #25
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