I suspect what's driving this is horror that she may have been beneficiary of cis-gendered Whiteprivilege.Left has made everything political
TMW a judge uses some consequentialist rather than deontological moral reasoning, and everyone loses their minds.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/16/oxford-university-lavinia-woodward-stabbed-boyfriend-may-avoid-jail?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard …
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Complicated issue. By this logic Bill Gates could kill a homeless man & avoid prison bc he adds more to collective well-being alive.
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This would mean talented people have more rights. A no go. Real reason: it's the fundamental premise: she's a girl, and eggs are expensive
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It's easy to criticise this on consequentialist grounds too, though. General deterrence for starters.
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Wat? Does US criminal law allow for this? Is there a precedent? Most curious. Law cannot function on pure consequentialism.
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If she'd make a great surgeon, she could save hundreds of lives compared to an average surgeon.
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If her career did not pan out, would we be able to go back and convict her?
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