Comments on: When are epistemic duties also moral duties? http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284 In Soviet Russia, blog hits you. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:59:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul Gowder http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284&cpage=1#comment-21511 Paul Gowder Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:59:19 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284#comment-21511 What grounds other than theological ones could there possibly be to oppose stem cell research? What grounds other than theological ones could there possibly be to oppose stem cell research?

]]> By: ZT http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284&cpage=1#comment-21509 ZT Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:55:26 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284#comment-21509 "...One reason might be that parents have some special privilege with respect to their children, but then how do we justify permitting religious opposition to stymie stem cell research, where no such privilege exists? " 1. Because it's using thier tax money. 2. Because claiming all or even most religious groups oppose stem cell research (and abortion) on purely theological grounds is possibly the most commonly repeated straw man attack in current political discourse. “…One reason might be that parents have some special privilege with respect to their children, but then how do we justify permitting religious opposition to stymie stem cell research, where no such privilege exists? ”

1. Because it’s using thier tax money.
2. Because claiming all or even most religious groups oppose stem cell research (and abortion) on purely theological grounds is possibly the most commonly repeated straw man attack in current political discourse.

]]> By: Rita http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284&cpage=1#comment-9464 Rita Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:28:08 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284#comment-9464 I've been involved in discussions about "alternative" medicine recently and was moved to bring in the concept of epistemic duty - sharp end cases like the Australian homeopaths recently jailed for not treating their infant daughter, with the result that the child died a miserable death, make one think this may be in line with the cases mentioned here of religiously-motivated witholding of treatment. Of course, usually there is not so much direct harm involved in the use of unproven alternatives, but once it has been established where it can lead, do people not have a moral duty to think this issue through? I’ve been involved in discussions about “alternative” medicine recently and was moved to bring in the concept of epistemic duty – sharp end cases like the Australian homeopaths recently jailed for not treating their infant daughter, with the result that the child died a miserable death, make one think this may be in line with the cases mentioned here of religiously-motivated witholding of treatment. Of course, usually there is not so much direct harm involved in the use of unproven alternatives, but once it has been established where it can lead, do people not have a moral duty to think this issue through?

]]> By: The 79th Philosophers’ Carnival « Possibly Philosophy http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284&cpage=1#comment-626 The 79th Philosophers’ Carnival « Possibly Philosophy Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:52:18 +0000 http://uncommon-priors.com/?p=284#comment-626 [...] Gowder* discusses the relationship between epistemic duties and moral duties in When are epistemic duties also moral duties?. From Uncommon [...] [...] Gowder* discusses the relationship between epistemic duties and moral duties in When are epistemic duties also moral duties?. From Uncommon [...]

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