PHIL 356 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Consequentialism, Reprogenetics
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P: we are morally obligated to try to provide a minimally satisfying life for our children. > support educational/advertising programs to encourage people to use the technology. > support penalizing people who don"t use the technology. Will have live in a society with significant inequality. Will be more vulnerable to certain diseases. Purday"s thesis (t): we are morally obligated not to give birth to a child who will have a high risk of suffering significantly for many years. If you"re somebody who thought abortions were morally permissible, then it seems like you would endorse a claim that"s stronger than the one bailey and partay are saying. They are arguing that it"s morally permissible for women to abort their pregnancy in order to avoid giving birth to children with disabilities. But they aren"t arguing the stronger claim that they"re obligated to abort the pregnancy to avoid this situation. Purday suggests that this thesis follows from a very basic principal called p.
