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Why I wish my daughter had been vaccinated
Every time I read a headline about the measles epidemic in Wales I flinch with shame. This is because I used to be one of those people who refused to have their child vaccinated - for anything. My daughter was born in a London hospital in September 2011, and every time the doctors, the health visitors and ( Read more... )
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This story was about the horrors of prophylactic antibiotic use in commercial meat.
You are so enthusiastic about requiring people live by your preferred moral code.... it got me to wondering, are you a vegetarian? If not, why not?
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You still haven't gotten out of the "good/bad" mindset of morality. Morals exist to solve problems. If there were no problems, my preferred moral code would be "do whatever you like". Unfortunately, what some people like represents a threat to others, and to civilization itself. Morals address those threats. If a cheap nanobot was invented tomorrow that could selectively disassemble bacteria, regardless of how they evolved, the need for constraints on sexual behavior would be much reduced. Technology enhances our abilities and our horizons. But it's important not to overstep the bounds of your technology. In much the same sense that it's important not to overstep the bounds of your budget. It's not spending I'm opposed to, it's spending beyond your means. And it's not immorality that I'm opposed to, it's immorality beyond your means. If your means are decreased, then you need to cut back your spending, and if your technology is decreased, then you ( ... )
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