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Kai Rodewald

['Member']Joined: May 07, 2017 at 18:13Last active: May 23, 2017 at 19:021 discussions6 comments

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What I wanted to show is that moral claims of adults addressed to other adults are actually the expression of personal desires in the disguise of supe...
May 11, 2017 at 17:00
Take this example: in Europe there is much fear about the so-called "GM maize". The scientists have shown the advantages of that sort of corn: low cos...
May 10, 2017 at 07:31
I think there is a difference between: a) saying "I like this project, I find the idea somehow sympathetic." without being able to present any rationa...
May 09, 2017 at 19:17
Yes, but emotional preferences and fears are less rational than rational arguments by definition.
May 09, 2017 at 16:33
I wanted to stress out that people often mention ethical concerns when speaking about new technologies like cloning or genetic engineering. They speak...
May 09, 2017 at 16:30
You are right, I should not have put it like "What are we allowed?" but rather: "Is it ethically acceptable?" It annoys me that every time a new inven...
May 09, 2017 at 15:24