Separately, legal and social rights/responsibilities are more about tradition and common perception than about logic. Actual personal moral choices that you make can be much more nuanced. There’s no puzzle there. Public discussion still has a very low sanity waterline,
Sure, but why is this relevant to bring up? It seems like the author of the post is attempting to work out a position on Huntington’s Disease and its impact that is more consistent with their values than what is traditional or common. I get that you seem to disagree with the author’s value assessment, but as you say this is a separate point although I’m confused as to what it’s a point about (or maybe you just wanted to emphasize a fact? it’s unclear to me).
Phrases like “gross negligence” are generally about legal or public judgement, and the title of the post says “power and duty”. I took these to imply that the post is (at least partly) about these things. And the text didn’t make the distinction very clearly, so I pointed out that they’re different things which should be addressed separately. If that’s unhelpful, I apologize. I was also confused by examples of withholding true information (from oneself or others) in order to be able to make a potentially-regrettable decision, which seem more like run-of-the-mill fuzzy thinking than legal or moral choices.
Sure, but why is this relevant to bring up? It seems like the author of the post is attempting to work out a position on Huntington’s Disease and its impact that is more consistent with their values than what is traditional or common. I get that you seem to disagree with the author’s value assessment, but as you say this is a separate point although I’m confused as to what it’s a point about (or maybe you just wanted to emphasize a fact? it’s unclear to me).
Phrases like “gross negligence” are generally about legal or public judgement, and the title of the post says “power and duty”. I took these to imply that the post is (at least partly) about these things. And the text didn’t make the distinction very clearly, so I pointed out that they’re different things which should be addressed separately. If that’s unhelpful, I apologize. I was also confused by examples of withholding true information (from oneself or others) in order to be able to make a potentially-regrettable decision, which seem more like run-of-the-mill fuzzy thinking than legal or moral choices.