9th October 2005, 7:58 AM
It is truly unfortunate, but I have a hard time deciding the value of someone's life in that manner... Some might argue that the mother has already had a "full life". I don't go for that one either though... Things like that majorly conflict with an attitude that all sentient life should be maintained. Still, I will continue to hold that attitude anyway.
I was just reminded of a situation where one or the other has to be chosen. Conjoined twins sharing the same vital organ that can't support both, and the surgery is the same difficulty with the same odds of survival for either child.
Ah, when will we finally be able to move our minds into digital form? That'll fix nature's little red wagon, which WE made!
I was just reminded of a situation where one or the other has to be chosen. Conjoined twins sharing the same vital organ that can't support both, and the surgery is the same difficulty with the same odds of survival for either child.
Ah, when will we finally be able to move our minds into digital form? That'll fix nature's little red wagon, which WE made!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)