Comment by cinntaile
2 years ago
That is about babies with life-threatening diseases that are being kept alive by medicine who have zero chance of leading any form of normal life.
One chance was more than enough. I assume you're arguing in bad faith at this point.
> That is about babies with life-threatening diseases […]
No, it is not. When he talks about "disabilities" he also means things like Downs syndrome.
He's not really getting into the topic of how we evaluate whether the life is worth living. He's just observing that sometimes, parents and doctors make the decision that a particular life is not worth living; then he makes a point about how such decisions should be carried out.