The authors hold that a person or couple at risk of begetting a defective child or children, or of transmitting defective genes to future generations, should fatalistically marry and beget children and leave the consequences to God.
The authors hold that a person or couple at risk of begetting a defective child or children, or of transmitting defective genes to future generations, should fatalistically marry and beget children and leave the consequences to God.
See p. 329. Though this fatalism has not been as damaging to society as some eugenic enthusiasts have thought, since it does not upset the ecological balance established by evolutionary selection, Christian teaching does not favor fatalistic attitudes but rather advocates parental responsibility.
The authors hold that a person or couple at risk of begetting a defective child or children, or of transmitting defective genes to future generations, should fatalistically marry and beget children and leave the consequences to God.
See p. 329. Though this fatalism has not been as damaging to society as some eugenic enthusiasts have thought, since it does not upset the ecological balance established by evolutionary selection, Christian teaching does not favor fatalistic attitudes but rather advocates parental responsibility.