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That was essentially my point. With euthanasia and abortion you will find plenty of people who would call them unambiguously harmful and think they should be b
by frobozz 6y ago
That was essentially my point. With euthanasia and abortion you will find plenty of people who would call them unambiguously harmful and think they should be banned outright, regardless of context.
You'd be hard pressed to find people who want to abolish the entire field of oncology on the grounds that the treatments are horrible.
It's absurd to take the above-stated "requirement to abstain from causing harm" as a hard restriction out of context without taking into account the main point of the profession which is to help the sick.
The logical conclusion of considering "do no harm" as inviolable above all else is that doctors would have to restrict their treatments to homeopathy and compassionate smiles.