Blame the Doctors

I blame the doctors. There needs to be someone to blame for a tragedy. That is the dualist thought that hampers America’s sophistication, but helps us get along with some modicum of civility in such a large and diverse nation. Good vs. Bad. Right vs. Wrong. It is simple as that and with every perceived evil action there must be an immoral culprit. So what is this practice of dualism to do, blame the babies, blame the mothers, blame the hospitals, or the equipment makers? I am talking about genetically modified, custom made children that are being created in fertility labs across America. The very topic would cause most to go away and hide. The moral, political, racist, and religious implications are just too much for us to consider over the morning coffee or dinner table. But there needs to be someone to discuss it, and not to just put it aside as a political choice with one’s body. So that is why such a complicated social issue must be placed in the philosophy of dualism, and through that we can blame the doctors.

Sue them. Fire them. Deport them. These money grubbing fertility doctors thinking only for their wallets instead of their choices they are making for their patients deserve much worst. The idea that highly educated, qualified physicians can cast off the implications of their decisions as just following their clients’ orders or keeping their customers happy, is an insult to their occupation. I hold these doctors, and many of the plastic and cosmetic surgery practitioners, in contempt for selling out their oath to heal and protect from illness. The public is suppose to feel pity for how these good healers are being raked by health care conglomerates or these eager lawyers looking for deep pockets. But perhaps the good doctors can take loans from these exploiters who prey on childless couples or people obsessed with superficial, youth-driven culture. Laws should be written to protect people from over zealous and morally inept doctors who use their talents and money to place society in moral jeopardy. They should not be called doctors. Medicine is a professional choice to heal people, not to make them happy. They are admired for using their intellect and work ethic to make the world better through the most modern techniques of health. But their power is great and they shrink from the responsibility that power holds. I am talking about all doctors here, not just the boob doctors and fertility specialist charging 20,000 dollars an injection (I would like to see that itemized bill). The whole profession should be pushing for a code of ethics and trying to rid themselves of these greedy, immoral persons who are now trying to alter nature. If the Doctors are like the public, they will look the other way for fear that they may insult, but as social leaders they must be forthright in the social and political implications of the people who go by the same name, practice the same field and benefit from the same power. So go ahead, put the blame on the Doctors. Put the pressure on until they start policing themselves. They are the experts and must be held responsible for their actions and implications.

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[nikittynak]

<p>"...I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism...</p><p>...If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God..."</p><p>(taken from the Hippocratic Oath)</p><p>Funny you should say ethics. Most doctors say the words quoted above regarding their ethical duty. It seems that a solemn oath is not enough to avoid the profit making opportunities that moral relativism provides us. Therefore, we must put the responsibility on the people. I propose a new consumer paradigm. No longer can we have the buyer who looks only for the best deal and the coolest new product, we must have a morally driven consumer. That way, the market will force these Frankensteins out of business and back into the realm of science fiction where they belong. Of course, that would never fly in a society where we can't be too worried about stepping on someone else's ethical toes. But there are extremes on both ends of this issue, and I fear where approaching the danger zone of political correctness.</p>