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Which is NOT a reason proposed by the authors why the right of persons to make decisions about procreating children with genetic defects should be respected by church and society?
{ 1 } - The need and right of a couple to have children is absolute.
{ 2 } - The value of personal responsibility in the use of sex and living of family life greatly outweigh the damage done by society by the increased genetic load of genetically defective children, which cannot be significantly lightened in the short run and about which insufficient information exists to lighten significantly in the long run.
{ 3 } - The balance of factors cannot be reduced to objective certitude, especially because weighing of personal needs and capacities is involved.
{ 4 } - If the parents prove mistaken in their decision, society can and should assume the responsibility for adequate care of the children, a burden that is not great compared to many other health problems.
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Which is NOT a reason proposed by the authors why the right of persons to make decisions about procreating children with genetic defects should be respected by church and society?
{ 1 } - The need and right of a couple to have children is absolute.
{ 2 } - The value of personal responsibility in the use of sex and living of family life greatly outweigh the damage done by society by the increased genetic load of genetically defective children, which cannot be significantly lightened in the short run and about which insufficient information exists to lighten significantly in the long run.
{ 3 } - The balance of factors cannot be reduced to objective certitude, especially because weighing of personal needs and capacities is involved.
{ 4 } - If the parents prove mistaken in their decision, society can and should assume the responsibility for adequate care of the children, a burden that is not great compared to many other health problems.
See p. 330.
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Which is NOT a reason proposed by the authors why the right of persons to make decisions about procreating children with genetic defects should be respected by church and society?
{ 1 } - The need and right of a couple to have children is absolute.
{ 2 } - The value of personal responsibility in the use of sex and living of family life greatly outweigh the damage done by society by the increased genetic load of genetically defective children, which cannot be significantly lightened in the short run and about which insufficient information exists to lighten significantly in the long run.
{ 3 } - The balance of factors cannot be reduced to objective certitude, especially because weighing of personal needs and capacities is involved.
{ 4 } - If the parents prove mistaken in their decision, society can and should assume the responsibility for adequate care of the children, a burden that is not great compared to many other health problems.
See p. 330.
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Which is NOT a reason proposed by the authors why the right of persons to make decisions about procreating children with genetic defects should be respected by church and society?
{ 1 } - The need and right of a couple to have children is absolute.
{ 2 } - The value of personal responsibility in the use of sex and living of family life greatly outweigh the damage done by society by the increased genetic load of genetically defective children, which cannot be significantly lightened in the short run and about which insufficient information exists to lighten significantly in the long run.
{ 3 } - The balance of factors cannot be reduced to objective certitude, especially because weighing of personal needs and capacities is involved.
{ 4 } - If the parents prove mistaken in their decision, society can and should assume the responsibility for adequate care of the children, a burden that is not great compared to many other health problems.
See p. 330.
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Which is NOT a reason proposed by the authors why the right of persons to make decisions about procreating children with genetic defects should be respected by church and society?
{ 1 } - The need and right of a couple to have children is absolute.
{ 2 } - The value of personal responsibility in the use of sex and living of family life greatly outweigh the damage done by society by the increased genetic load of genetically defective children, which cannot be significantly lightened in the short run and about which insufficient information exists to lighten significantly in the long run.
{ 3 } - The balance of factors cannot be reduced to objective certitude, especially because weighing of personal needs and capacities is involved.
{ 4 } - If the parents prove mistaken in their decision, society can and should assume the responsibility for adequate care of the children, a burden that is not great compared to many other health problems.
See p. 331.
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