Is it a child? Or is it a choice?

“Primum non nocere” i.e. non-malefiecence, which is derived from this maxim, is one of the principal precepts of bioethics which all medical students are taught in their academic training and is a fundamental principle of applied medicine throughout the world.

This pillar of bioethics a.k.a. the Hippocratic Oath includes a promise to abstain from doing harm i.e. “first do no harm”.

Within the original Hippocratic Oath (c. 400 bc) translation from Greek by Francis Adams (1849) one finds this passage… “I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in a like manner I will not give to a women a pessary to produce abortion…”.

The Hippocratic Oath as been and remains a beacon of ethical behavior transcending virtually every governmental and religious institution in western civilization and widely embraced.

Is it a child? Or is it a choice?

An ethical dilemma or ethical paradox is a decision-making problem between two possible moral imperatives, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. The complexity arises out of the situational conflict in which obeying one would result in transgressing another.

To this end I might suggest having empathy (praying) for the innocent who have no voice…

Illumination for both above images: Off Camera SB700 w/ Shoot Through Translucent Umbrella

DIGEST THIS:

We are constantly bombarded with the fact that we are living on a planet of finite and rapidly dwindling resources but the majority of motorists choose to buy and drive large (absurd) SUVs… which
1. Have a greater frontal area which equals greater aerodynamic drag, which of course equals greater energy consumption.
2. Have greater weight which means greater inertia which
means more greater energy consumption.
3. Require more materials to construct… which equals more
waste of other finite resources…
3a. as well as more energy consumed to manufacture the extra materials required for construction.
4. Have a higher centre of gravity so they are more likely
to be in a collision due to loss of control of the vehicle.
5. Are a greater danger to third parties because of item 4
in this list.
6. Are an even greater danger to third parties because the
shear size of SUVs obscure the view of traffic ahead
and to the sides of other road users.
7. Are an even greater danger Again! to third parties because of their size and weight increasing impact and damage to said third parties….

Yet the majority of motorists choose to buy and drive large SUVs.

STUPID is a gross understatement!

This especially goes for those SUV drivers that are most common…
alone in the SUV that’s not carrying anything more than could be carried on a motorcycle…. on their daily commute to work FFS!