Based on an AITA post I just saw, help me out a second, as an intersex woman who will never conceive. Is there an idea taken as axiomatic that a person who willfully remains absent from the occasion of their partner giving birth is committing an unspeakable moral dereliction?
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The deontological argument is that as a husband you have a social role demanding you perform certain actions and what actually happens as a result doesn't matter Most traditional deontologists would say "husband" trumps "firefighter" or "friend"
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It doesn't matter that you can't affect whether the baby is born safely but you can save lives by being a firefighter, deontology says if you're counting the consequences after the event you've already strayed from the path of actual moral obligation
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This tweet would genuinely work as an obituary
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