Philosophy Now Forum

Suppose you were pregnant and found out you were carrying a male fetus, would you consider an abortion if the fetus had the potential for having hemophilia and what if the fetus were female and had the potential for developing breast cancer down the road? On the second question about the female fetu...

With respect to a philosopher's "take" on "everyone knew what awareness month" or BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH or "PINKTOBER" which is at least 6 months away, I would imagine they would surmise that everyone had an ethical obligation to those of us who are PRESENTLY af...

Here is a thought experiment Supposed you could create a system that was less than amenable to the following groups: (1) Cancer patients (since the only treatment options going were "CUT, POISON or BURN, IRRADIATE OR NUKE') (2) Gay people (since being gay was forbidden) (3) Cats or dogs that we...

Hello everyone, Here are 2 political philosophical questions worth pondering (1.) What rationale is there to justify someone being able to claim citizenship in a certain country owing to a "quirk of birth" causing them to be born there? (2.) Do you think human rights - advocacy organizatio...

Bear with me since all this stuff about "countries looking out for their nationals abroad even at the expense of non nationals in situations where "considerations of humanity and humanitarianism" ought to outweigh or trump "considerations of nationality and citizenship" made...

April 6th marked the 20 year anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide and I wondered if it was "just me" or was everyone else thinking it seemed just "so wrong" that at the time the leaders of the Western leaders were primarily sleepless with concern about just their own nationals and...

HexHammer wrote:

Khomiteh or the Pasdaran

What the heck are you saying about my mom?!?!

I didn't say anything about your family I was referring to KHOMEINI and his GOON SQUADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wondered if anyone knew that if they ever lived abroad and did anything like adopt one or more children while they were abroad that if the situation came down to an embassy evacuation they may have to leave one or more of their children behind because they happened to hold citizenship in certain c...

April 6th marked the 20 year anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide and I wondered if it was "just me" or was everyone else thinking it seemed just "so wrong" that at the time the leaders of the Western leaders were primarily sleepless with concern about just their own nationals and ...

"You guys burnt the place down, turned it into a single column of flame. More people died there in the firestorm, in that one big flame, than died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined." --Kurt Vonnegut, Jr On the evening of February 13, 1945, an orgy of genocide and barbarism began against ...

If a group of everyone's fellow compatriots ( who I would presume be among a larger group of so called "internationals" ) and a group of "nationals" or citizens of the countries with "human rights issues" were both experiencing "human rights injustices" and &q...

I find that some "herbal detox methods" and vitamins made with "greens" ROCK if you are trying to increase your vitality during the day. As for the question of what health professional I would sooner see if I had the choice if I had to pick either DENTIST or GYNO, I would probabl...

I'd probably hope my family and I would opt to self - evacuate from anywhere where the "kaka" hit the fan if we had any of our cats with us.

Your pet or 100 strangers ? Who would you pick if you could save 1 ? On edit the strangers were all FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICIALS aka MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE and it may have depended on how people of that sort would have handled my case if I had the opportunity to travel abroad and I ended up ...

Sure, but that's nothing to do with medical ethics. A sensitive practitioner takes cultural hang-ups into account; has a nurse take the history of female patients; screen patient for suitability at student rounds; have their mothers present; drape them with sheets - even refer to a colleague with w...