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Comment author: Vladimir_M 07 March 2011 08:18:39AM *  2 points [-]

CronoDAS:

Would you count people who contracted HIV because their religion forbid condom use?

Can you think of any such scenario that doesn't involve other actions forbidden by the same religion?

(The only thing I can think of would be spouses of patients who contracted HIV via transfusion and who would have used condoms if it hadn't been for the religious prohibition. But how many of those have there been?)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 07 March 2011 08:23:37AM *  2 points [-]

However, there are people who've contracted HIV because condoms were forbidden, and personally didn't do anything contravening the religion's rules.

Catholics are not generally considered fundamentalists. ETA: now that I've read more of the thread, it seems that you're using "fundamentalist" to mean people who don't care about the effects of their beliefs. Is there a difference between that and being a consistent deontologist?

Comment author: Vladimir_M 07 March 2011 08:35:53AM 1 point [-]

NancyLebovitz:

However, there are people who've contracted HIV because condoms were forbidden, and personally didn't do anything contravening the religion's rules.

What concrete scenarios do you have in mind?

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 07 March 2011 09:07:15AM 0 points [-]

Spouse of someone with HIV. Raped by someone with HIV. Born to someone with HIV.

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