I said:
"I would be happy to kill any scientist or doctor that actually thinks they have a right to harm or murder humans [and of course, acts on this belief] in the name of science or "progress"."
Not:
"I would be happy to kill any scientist or doctor..."
The point was *if* they are harming or murdering humans in the name of science or "progress".
Killing Nazis doctors which were experimenting on retarded people, gays, criminals, and/or Jews, was a good thing and I would be happy for all of them to be hanged, shot, or whatever. Their deaths should a day to celebrate.
This of course assumes was a degree of certainty that these doctors had done these crimes. And realistically in most situations the only way one can hope get this kind of certainty is by having a trial.
But suppose they had a trial, and because of technical problems, they were released.
I would not be happy.
Happy if killed or sentenced to very long prison terms [prefer death, but would accept long prison terms].
And unhappy if not severely punished.
But this doesn't mean I would take the "law into my own hands" if I'm unhappy. Now, if these doctors who got released did something which involved me on a more personal level- the victims included killing or maiming my mother or brother, or whoever, that might be different matter- that is hard to know.
Or if someone in similar situation murdered such a doctor, I would have a tendency to want a reduced sentence.
So to repeat: I would be happy to kill any scientist or doctor that actually thinks they have a right to harm or murder humans [and of course, acts on this belief] in the name of science or "progress".
It would be a honor to kill them. Getting the Nobel peace prize would pale in comparison.
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The whole thread (39 posts)
- Should science be guided by morality? (n/t)
- I am a stem cell research advocate
- Eugenics is science guided by morality, but not many support the idea.
- re: Eugenics is science guided by morality, but not many support the idea.
- "Killing a fewer people for the sake of theoretical many is immoral. Limiting the happiness of a fewer people for the sake of a theoretical many, is immoral. "
- "I would be happy to kill any scientist or doctor...", anyone missing the irony here....?
- Eugenics occurs everyday in this country.
- re: "I would be happy to kill any scientist or doctor...", anyone missing the irony here....?
- "I would be happy to kill any scientist or doctor" .... "No, I wouldn't be happy "to kill any scientist or doctor...""
- Word substitution exercise--reductio ad adsurdum
- re: Eugenics is science guided by morality, but not many support the idea.
- AU, contraire. Morality should be guided by science...
- Science itself? No.
- Science should not be guided by morality.
- Which morality? Whose? Regarding what?
- And: Should morality be guided by science?
