Famed evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne argues killing of disabled newborns is ‘merciful’

[Monte_RCMS]

The way we treat the least of our members is an indication of how we consider the totality of our membership.

 

[adamhovey1988]

I had to search your blog to understand that comment.
I understand your point of view. Don’t agree, but understand.

I don’t see why you don’t agree with my view my mother’s background is biology so I have a little bit of a say about this not to mention I’m a human being who is differently abled I’m sorry
But that makes me feel like you think I should be killed. I have to remind people this is not an area I’m uneducated and it’s an area I grew up my whole life being educated in I’m not great at biology but I know some basic things about it. I know that most mammals have a duty at least from the mother to protect the young. Humans are mammals. And even the ones that eat their young still have less of the moral culpability than we do because they are not human if we are at higher intelligence we are held to a higher standard. I think people tend to forget that man is not just an advanced animal

 

[reggieM]

I don’t see why you don’t agree with my view my mother’s background is myology so I have a little bit of a say about this not to mention I’m a human being who is differently abled I’m sorry t
But that makes me feel like you think I should be killed

Your comment was: “Not a very good biologist”.

From my concern about that comment, you concluded that I think you should be killed.

No, I don’t think we’re understanding each other here.

Why do you think Jerry Coyne is not a good evolutionary biologist?
His conclusions are consistent with his biology, as I see it.

I think people tend to forget that man is not just an advanced animal

I don’t think you will find anything like that in the evolutionary literature, but I’m open to it. Jerry Coyne has a blog with the title “Why Evolution is True” and he certainly believes that man is only different from animals based on mutations and selection. I don’t even think he would call man an “advanced” animal because there is no progress in evolution. Organisms just survive and reproduce.

 

[exnihilo]

Spartans thought the same thing. Or at least, they killed malformed babies out of ‘convenience’, which is the real reason as to why abortion is a legal option.

The Romans did the same as did the Vikings. I wouldn’t be surprised if many or most early civilizations did practice infanticide. The typical atheist doesn’t realize he stole Christian morality and foolishly thinks absent God this morality will last. It really is either or. It is cowardly and stupid to pretend otherwise.