(February 10, 2014 at 10:48 pm)Rahul Wrote: Why what? Why would it be illogical?
Yes.
Quote:Because it's a brainless human body. Keeping such a thing biologically alive is illogical because such a thing would never really be alive. It would never grow up and be a member of society in any shape or form. It would never experience joy or laughter.
And? Here's where the logic ends. You have to show that a person has to experience those things in order for it to be "logical" to keep it alive. This is a purely emotional argument. It's one I agree with, but only on an emotional level. Where I draw the line is calling it logical as if there is some logical formula for determining whether a person should live. Hint: There isn't.
Quote:Or do you mean why would it not be psychologically healthy?
Yes, that is what I meant. You cannot determine what is psychologically healthy for another individual in every case. Firstly, armchair psychology is stupid. Secondly, your emotions are completely subjective. She could be happier than a pig in shit and you would assume she wasn't because you aren't. People with religious standing on certain issues can be pretty witless. Therefore, we cannot say for certain that she is unhappy. She could think the kid was the next Messiah or something and be overcome with joy.
Quote:Because no one has a kid hoping it will be a brainless, breathing human body.
Well, someone with Munchausen by proxy would shit themselves with joy over it, but I digress. Of course people don't hope for that, but we rarely get exactly what we hope for and people deal with it.
Quote:They had a child with the hope of watching it grow up, hearing the first word, watching the first step, the laughter, watching that baby become an adult, etc. When the baby never developed a brain all those hopes and dreams were utterly destroyed as far as this attempt. Keeping it alive would be, I would think, a sign that they weren't accepting that. Not moving on and going through the grieving process would be psychologically unhealthy for anyone.
You are again applying your own emotional responses to someone else. That is fine and I agree, but why call it "logical?" It's not a logic problem.
