Is spanking your child immoral?
I ask because my buddy recently came to me with this question. I'm really not sure myself. It seems like it isn't - but society seems to deem it as being so. What do you think?
Is it immoral to have a child when you cannot take care of him/her?
Yes,It's immoral to have a child when one cannot take care of kid's.Very few people understand it.I have met so many kids who are depressed and suffer a lot due to careless attitude of parents.( Regardless of being rich or poor).Financially stable can help, earning for kids is also ok but, parenting needs dedication,time and support physically, mentally and emotionally.I have good (doing well)students from economically poor background.I have seen some spoiled and depressed kids from financially sound families.
Is it immoral to raise children vegan?
First thanks for the A2A for the question,”is it immoral to raise children vegan?’. Many peoples proscribe foods as a part of their religious/cultural definition, specifically what is appropriate and inappropriate to eat. The Jains pursue a diet based on their ideas of ahimsa, or non-violence, which equates to and in some ways surpasses a vegan diet, as they avoid root vegetables as well due to this killing the plants they are taken from. So to label a vegan diet immoral or impossible would be to ignore the traditions and ways of life of over 5 million people.There are an enormous number of decisions that we make each day, which morality is purported to help us to make in-line with our values. However, morality is frequently used as a means of excluding and labeling others as unworthy and not-fully human. This becomes problematic and opens the gates to tragically flawed decisions. As in the majority of human history.As a vegan, I am married to a woman who is not vegan, and this causes no problems, because we don’t try to inflict our values on each other. I am not more moral then she is, and she is not more moral than I am. We have raised our daughter with an understanding of both choices, and allow her to make her own decisions. Sometimes she is vegan and sometimes not; her choice. My goal is to raise someone who is able to make decisions on their own, which they can admire and live up to, not to wed them to a tradition that they thoughtlessly follow.
Is it immoral to isolate your child from the world?
I love Quora!I started to answer this question by discussing the story of BF Skinner’s infamous raising his daughter in a box. I went to look for a reference and discovered that the story about his daughter I have heard for 40 years is false.His daughter did have a custom designed crib that she used for 2 years, but she grew up normally, did NOT commit suicide, and speaks positively about her “air crib”. [1]I then thought about Emily Dickinson, a famous American poet, who was known for being a recluse. Reading about her childhood, however, it seems that she had a normal upbringing for her time, and in fact was quite well educated for a girl of that time including attending schools that only recently had started allowing females to attend. [2]So to answer your question, it would be immoral to isolate your child from the world because isolation is commonly believed to be a bad thing. Morals are based on the commonly held beliefs of society.Since I am discovering that my commonly held beliefs are not based on fact, I suggest that you wait until someone can point you toward peer-reviewed, scientific-method research that shows that the isolation actually harms children.I fear that this research will be hard to find because there are so many ethical restrictions on potentially damaging experiments on children.[edit: ] I couldn't let this go (I'm procrastinating on doing chores), so I went searching Google Scholar for papers. This isn't my field, so caveat emptor. I did find this paper, “Experience and Brain Development” by William T. Greenough, James E. Black and Christopher S. Wallace published in the journal Child Development in 1987, where they discuss brain development and learning mechanisms for information that makes us individuals.[3]Experience-dependent information storage refers to incorporation of environmental information that is idiosyncratic, or unique to the individual, such as learning about one's specific physical environment or vocabulary. The neural basis of experience-dependent processes appears to involve active formation of new synaptic connections in response to the events providing the information to be stored.Now it's time to put down my phone, make coffee and start laundry.Footnotes[1] Skinner Air Crib[2] Emily Dickinson - Wikipedia[3] Experience and Brain Development
Is it immoral for me to have sex with my step sister?
We've done it about a dozen times now and we're crazy in love, but my dad hates it. Why is it that just because our parents got married, we (two non-blood-related teenagers) can't have a relationship?
If Hell exists, wouldn't having children be immoral?
It’s always interesting to me when people ask me if hell exists. It’s particularly interesting to me when non-Christians and societal Christians ask me about the Christian hell as opposed some other kind of hell. Don’t get me wrong, I am NOT an expert on being a Christian. I certainly cannot advise you to imitate me as I imitate Christ, because a) I am not a great representative of Christ and b) I am so far from being Christ-like. That, of course, is assuming that, like me, you believe being like Christ is a good thing. Wait, you say, what does that have to do with Hell existing and what the HE double hockey sticks is Hell anyway? I am going to try not to wax pedantic with my answer.Please note: I am answering this question as a Christian. If you want to debate my faith and how I came to it, please contact me outside of this question and let’s have a civilized discussion about my faith. :)What is hell?In the Bible, there are many references to a “Hell”. Most of them translate to “the grave” (Sheol), some of them translate to “the pit”. Generally, it is accepted that Hell is the only place separate from the Presence of God. In my understanding, Heaven is “eternally in the Presence of God” and Hell is “eternally out of the Presence of God” and the key of being “in the Presence of God” is having accepted the grace filled gift of salvation. (Yes, I know I am using Christian-Speech, sorry)2. So are we destined for Heaven or Hell? What is the Default setting for humans?According to the Bible: “For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Generally this means that the default setting for humans is “going to hell in a hand basket”.3. So then, is it immoral to have children since they are destined for Hell?Hell no! (See what I did there?) Because God has freely offered us the way not to go to Hell. And we have our entire lifetimes to accept His freely offered “Get out of Hell for Free” card. And if we are loving Christian parents, we will teach our children about our faith and give them every chance to accept that gift.4. What if I don’t believe in the Christian faith?Well, I don’t know what to tell you then. I’m just answering from my own belief point of view.
Can I choose the ethnicity of the child I want to adopt? Is it immoral?
I understand where you are coming from and thinking about your child’s identity development is a responsible thing to do. When we adopted, there were several steps in the process. One of the first things we had to do was complete a home study by an adoption social worker. There were a number of things we had to answer and provide to them. One thing we had to do was say which ethnic groups we would adopt. So, yes, you can do that. However, the more specific you are about what you want, the longer it will take to adopt.Yes you can choose a newborn. These are called healthy infant adoptions. You have to wait longer and it costs more, but it is possible. Our son was a healthy infant adoption.There are many, many kids who do not share ethnic identity with their parents and they are not screwed up, so don’t think everything you read happens to every child. Just because something is possible, doesn’t mean it is likely.