RE: Girl dies of stupid parents
January 26, 2015 at 4:16 pm
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2015 at 4:17 pm by Bad Wolf.)
(January 26, 2015 at 3:37 pm)Lek Wrote: Is it okay to put a dog down or let the disease run its course, even though he could be healed with chemo? Or are we morally obligated to put him through the treatment? Is it okay to put him down rather that put him through the painful therapy, even if he could survive with the treatment? He's not able to make his own choices, but we have compassion on him.
I believe if you actually read my post that you quoted, you wouldn't have to ask those questions.
(January 26, 2015 at 3:37 pm)Lek Wrote: Why do we allow adults to avoid excruciating treatment, even if they could survive with the treatment,
Because they are adults they are legally responsible for themselves and they fully understand the situation they are in. They are allowed to make decisions over their own body.
(January 26, 2015 at 3:37 pm)Lek Wrote: but we force children to undergo the same painful treatments no matter what?
Firstly, we don't force them 'no matter what'. Secondly, children are not legally responsible for themselves, the parents are. They are incapable of fully comprehending the situation they are in due to the fact that their brains are not yet fully developed. As a result, it is down to someone with a fully developed brain to make the decisions for them. Seriously, how is this confusing you? Would you not give your kids vaccinations just because they didn't want it because they're scared of the needle? Of course not. But why you ask? Because the child doesn't understand that if it doesn't get these vaccinations, there is a very good chance they will catch a disease and die. And that is why we don't give them a choice.
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'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
