Tag: Down syndrome
No to “Quality of Life” Coronavirus Healthcare Rationing
In a world of bioethicists who primarily eschew the sanctity/equality of life ethic, Fordham University’s Charles Camosy is a refreshing ethicist worthy of the title.
On World Down Syndrome Day, Consider Human Exceptionalism
Evolutionary theory teaches the “survival of the fittest.” But caring for someone with Down Syndrome represents just the opposite way of thinking.
Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?
Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.”
Abortion and the New Eugenics
Ruth Marcus sees the eugenics danger with which we are presented — and doesn’t care.
New “Gerber Baby” Has Down Syndrome
This is an excellent move, a very visible and enthusiastic support for human exceptionalism and equal moral worth.