Kuhse

Others have applied care theory to nursing ethics (e.g. Kuhse 1997).

Feminist Bioethics Donchin, Anne 2009

(Kuhse and Singer 2002, 190; for these sorts of points applied to theological arguments about ensouled embryos, see D. Shoemaker 2005).

Personal Identity and Ethics Shoemaker, David 2008

But Singer and Kuhse are bio-ethicists and the obstetrician whose ignorance about Down's Syndrome may have doomed Baby Doe is a doctor: obviously handicapped children are entitled to the protection of the law.

An Exchange on Baby Doe Guillemin, Jeanne 1984

Singer and Kuhse have come down squarely on the wrong side of a civil rights issue.

An Exchange on Baby Doe Guillemin, Jeanne 1984

Singer and Kuhse mention the Pro-life influence and the fear of legal repercussions as one pressure to continue heroic intervention in otherwise hopeless cases.

An Exchange on Baby Doe Guillemin, Jeanne 1984

The bottom line for Singer and Kuhse is this; "No one has the right to impose on anyone else the lifetime burden of caring for a severely handicapped child who has no reasonable prospect of a satisfying life."

An Exchange on Baby Doe Guillemin, Jeanne 1984

If we agree with Singer and Kuhse and "Abandon the idea that all human life is of equal worth," we should at least see to it that the most humane possible methods are used in terminating a low value life.

An Exchange on Baby Doe Guillemin, Jeanne 1984

Expressions like "pro-life" and "Christian" seem to have the same function for Singer and Kuhse that "communist" and "outside agitator" had in the rhetoric of those who opposed the civil rights movement of the 1960s: attacking those who support a policy is a handy way of avoiding the issues.

An Exchange on Baby Doe Guillemin, Jeanne 1984

Increasingly families adopt precisely those children Singer and Kuhse assume have no chance of a satisfying life, with favorable results.

An Exchange on Baby Doe Guillemin, Jeanne 1984

Singer and Kuhse describe a case in which an infant without a forebrain was resuscitated twenty times by a doctor allegedly bowing to pressure from "pro-life" groups, and they imply that this is more likely to happen now that section 504 is being enforced.

An Exchange on Baby Doe Guillemin, Jeanne 1984