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> Does preservation of a living culture take priority over the wellbeing of its members? Perhaps a culture is something that can be decommissioned humanely. Th
by jonathanlb 2y ago
> Does preservation of a living culture take priority over the wellbeing of its members? Perhaps a culture is something that can be decommissioned humanely.
This is problematic. Who, but the members of a living culture, can determine any of these questions? My understanding is that most cultures are self-preserving, until they aren't, usually through conquest or other external forms of eradication.
- throwawayk7h 2y agoWhen can the child be considered part of that culture though? They may be deaf, but when do they become capital-D Deaf as defined in the article? Is it while in the womb, when they're born, when they gain the capacity for signing and potentially speech, or when they are first introduced to members of the Deaf community? I don't see the problematic aspect of "curing" the child's deafness before they become a member of the Deaf community. It's not removing someone from the Deaf community. Deontologically, it ought to be fine, surely? (I'm looking at this deontologically, because from a utilitarian perspective, we should be asking what is the correct percentage of otherwise non-deaf children we should surgically make Deaf.)