{"id":3555,"date":"2002-10-28T08:11:43","date_gmt":"2002-10-28T13:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3555"},"modified":"2002-10-28T08:11:43","modified_gmt":"2002-10-28T13:11:43","slug":"saturday_scrupl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/28\/saturday_scrupl.html","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Scruples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s &#8230; well, it&#8217;s Monday, but it used to be <a title=\"Villa Santiago - Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.villasantiago.com\/\">Saturday<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>1. You&#8217;re a medical researcher competing for funding. You have many leads for an AIDS cure but can&#8217;t pursue them all. Do you give some to other researchers?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure what the current bioethics rules say about this, but my inclination would be to keep the leads I think are most promising, and give out the rest.  To do otherwise would seem unethical (and immoral).<\/p>\n<p><b>2.  You oppose a new law requiring registration of all guns. Do you register your gun?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Probably.  My own thinking on the whole gun reg thing has gotten a bit more mixed over the past few years, but I don&#8217;t see my <i>not <\/i>registering my weapons if that became the law.<\/p>\n<p><b>3.  Technology will enable you to extend your life by 50 years. You must clone a second body for organ replacements. Do you do it?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Assuming I&#8217;m confident that it&#8217;s not a Sentient Copy floating around in the tank, sure, why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s &#8230; well, it&#8217;s Monday, but it used to be Saturday:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-qa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131557,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/17\/trump-spews-nonsense-on-gun-control.html","url_meta":{"origin":3555,"position":0},"title":"Trump spews nonsense on gun control","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 17-Sep-16 3:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"But, then, in his post-factual campaign, why wouldn't he?In case anyone hasn't been paying attention (glances over at Trump supporters), here's the brilliant leap that Citizen Trump has made:A. Clinton wants to tighten gun control laws.B. Therefore Clinton wants to take away everyone's guns.C. Therefore Clinton should disarm her Secret\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137651,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/12\/if-a-police-man-says-he-is-afraid-of-you-he-can-kill-you-with-immunity.html","url_meta":{"origin":3555,"position":1},"title":"If a police man says he is afraid of you, he can kill you with immunity","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 12-Jan-19 4:07pm","format":false,"excerpt":"In Florida, at least.I mean, that's always been kind of been a de facto thing, which is why police shootings almost never end up in a jury trial of any sort. \"He had a gun.\" \"He made a threatening move.\" \"He didn't instantly obey my shouted order.\" \"He was a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31918,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/26\/reasonable-steps-toward-gun-control.html","url_meta":{"origin":3555,"position":2},"title":"Reasonable steps toward gun control","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 26-Dec-12 10:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Again, no single action will safeguard everyone. But there are an array of incremental steps one can take that will tighten access to guns by those that pretty much everyone agrees shouldn't have them.The kicker is that, to do so, we need greater public transparency as to gun transactions and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41243,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/28\/a-data-point-in-the-gun-control-debate.html","url_meta":{"origin":3555,"position":3},"title":"A data point in the gun control debate","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 28-Feb-14 3:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"When Missouri in 2007 repealed a law requiring a gun permit to purchase a handgun, homicides went up, and the number of recently-purchased guns recovered from criminals and crime scenes doubled.Neighboring states did not see a similar increase, nor was there an increase in non-firearm homicide in Missouri in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128254,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/06\/whom-does-the-nra-speak-for.html","url_meta":{"origin":3555,"position":4},"title":"Whom does the NRA speak for?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 6-Oct-15 11:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I disagree with the conclusion of article, which says, \"The N.R.A. is no longer the voice of law-abiding gun owners, but rather a voice for criminals.\" The NRA is, in fact, a voice for gun manufacturers who are interested in maximizing sales of guns and ammunition, period. 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