[ExI] circumcision again

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 28 13:57:18 UTC 2016


 Circumcision is something that does not provide a good except for a fairly
narrow range of life projects.  anders

This is just gutbusting funny!
Anders, you have found a new career:  writer for dry wit comics.

bill w

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Anders <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

> On 2016-09-27 19:57, William Flynn Wallace wrote:
>
> It got me to thinking:  the basic objection is that it was done without
> permission.
>
> Now I assume that many of us in this group are in favor of genetically
> modifying embryos to eliminate undesirable traits, and perhaps even to
> enhance desirable ones.
>
> How can you reconcile the two attitudes?
>
>
> General purpose goods.
>
> Being healthy, long-lived, intelligent etc. is good for nearly all
> plausible life projects. These general purpose goods increase the range of
> possibilities open for the person. Circumcision is something that does not
> provide a good except for a fairly narrow range of life projects.
>
> There is also a timing issue: most of the above GPGs need to be given on
> the embryo stage for them to provide their benefits. Circumcision can be
> done later (and voluntarily).
>
>
>
> --
> Dr Anders Sandberg
> Future of Humanity Institute
> Oxford Martin School
> Oxford University
>
>
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