Thanks for gathering the data. Enough of these results are just batshit crazy that it further cements my view that bioethicists, as a group, should not be given any say in the questions they purport to be experts on. I’ll point to two that I don’t think anyone else has highlighted yet. 42% apparently believe that in a perfectly just society, blindness would not be a disadvantage. Not being able to drive a car isn’t a disadvantage? Because no technology currently exists that would allow the blind to do that. And 66% think that a person’s life being worth living is somehow not a reason to bring them into existence? If not that, then what would be a reason to bring someone into existence? That may not be a sufficient reason to bring someone into existence, but if you don’t think it is a necessary one then there is something deeply wrong with your morals. I do not understand at all what would cause someone to give this answer.
Thanks for gathering the data. Enough of these results are just batshit crazy that it further cements my view that bioethicists, as a group, should not be given any say in the questions they purport to be experts on. I’ll point to two that I don’t think anyone else has highlighted yet. 42% apparently believe that in a perfectly just society, blindness would not be a disadvantage. Not being able to drive a car isn’t a disadvantage? Because no technology currently exists that would allow the blind to do that. And 66% think that a person’s life being worth living is somehow not a reason to bring them into existence? If not that, then what would be a reason to bring someone into existence? That may not be a sufficient reason to bring someone into existence, but if you don’t think it is a necessary one then there is something deeply wrong with your morals. I do not understand at all what would cause someone to give this answer.