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The Despicable Nadya Suleman and Ethics Estoppel
From the beginning, the only thing keeping Nadya Suleman from being unequivocally despicable has been the lingering suspicion that she was mentally ill. It might be more than a suspicion, to be fair: having octuplets by artificial insemination when one already has six young children and no viable means of support could be called “proof.” Now even that malady is a sufficient defense: the issue is settled, and she is despicable beyond redemption. Continue reading
Filed under Bioethics, Family, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media, Love
A Three-Year-Old’s Privacy, Sacrificed For A Story
It would be nice and admirable if journalists occasionally placed human welfare above getting a juicy story, especially when children are involved, but that isn’t the profession’s mission, and instances like this one, in which a helpless child is collateral damage, demonstrates the ethical carnage of tunnel vision. Continue reading
