{"id":13372,"date":"1989-05-01T16:21:00","date_gmt":"1989-05-01T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13372"},"modified":"2023-01-27T15:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T23:01:57","slug":"correspondence-universal-moral-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13372","title":{"rendered":"(Correspondence) “Universal” moral principles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wendell W Watters<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Extract<\/strong>
Apart from such simple principles as the Golden Rule and the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number of People, what universal moral principles are there? Apparently Lemoine’s value system would compel unwilling pregnant women to become mothers against their will (the view of the Roman Catholic Church and other antichoice groups); this is in direct opposition to the position that couples should be allowed to regulate their own reproductivity, the view of the United Nations declaration on family planning, to which Canada was a signatory. Neither of these moral positions is universal or based on absolutes. The first arose out of the Christian Church’s desire to implement policies of demographic aggression against all other groups. The second arose in this century out of our collective appreciation that such policies may spell extinction for all forms of life on this planet. Many of the bloodiest episodes in history came about as a result of one group’s seeking to impose “universal” moral principles on others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watters WW. (Correspondence) “Universal” moral principles<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 1989 May 01;140(9):1016. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wendell W Watters ExtractApart from such simple principles as the Golden Rule and the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number of People, what universal moral principles are there? 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