‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

The Conversation ^ | 8/10/2020 | Lynne Anderson

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Oxytocin ≠ Oxycodone

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Oxytocin ≠ oxycodone

[metmom]

AMEN!!!!

[stinkerpot65]

The is how Democrats think.

Democrats are evil.

[Lazamataz]

They could call it Soma.

[Nifster]

Soma

[metmom]

The fact that someone is even considering this as an option is terrifying.

She’s setting the stage for its introduction. Get people used to the idea and after a while, it’s not os far fetched.

Forget it!!!!!!!

[Not_Who_U_Think]

As W.C. Fields said, “Water? Never touch the stuff. Fish pee in it.”

Thank goodness for beer.

[Billthedrill]

...how to induce those who are noncooperative to get on board with doing what’s best for the public good.

"Noncooperative"? Is that like "Deplorable"? Somebody please talk me out of the suspicion that shooting bioethicists is in the interest of the public good.

[Disambiguator]

Can I say that perhaps they've already started doing this? I mean they clearly state they have no qualms of doing it secretly to our water?

They've already been medicating the water supply for decades. What's to stop them from adding more goodies to our drink?

[oldasrocks]

I think they need a pill that makes everyone tear off their clothes. Then there would be honestly.

[ConservativeMind]

Add this to the pile of public water behavior-modifying chemical studies through lithium fortification a few days back.

[tbpiper]

Who then defines what is moral?

[itsahoot]

Not voluntarily

Me either, my post was sarcasm.

[mad puppy]

“Does the good of covertly dosing the public with a drug that would change people’s behavior outweigh individuals’ autonomy to choose whether to participate? “

That this ‘ethicist” would ask this question tells me everything I need to know about them.

And I agree, this is horrifying. Who gets to decide what the right thing to do is? Hitler would have loved this idea. Stalin. Mao. Saddam. The Saudi Royals.

Hillary would have used this on the deplorables in a heart beat.

[SkyPilot]

I scrolled through the article’s reader comments. I only saw God mentioned once, and that was in passing. These people are monsters. Even those opposing this despotic author don’t have a clue as to what morality really is. Yes, it’s horrifying.

[SaveFerris]

These people think like Nazi doctors

[MHGinTN]

Eggs Ackley! And the author of their twisted thought processes is the same, the father of lies a murderer from the start.

[SaveFerris]

These evil people want to control others.

All the time. Not that any of us are surprised.

[EBH]

It is all just so unbelievable at this point.

I always wondered what the Jews and Gypsy thought during the rise of Hitler. We see it coming, but there’s apparently no real way to stop it.

I am feeling very much like if we re-elect President Trump we are quasi safe for another 3-4 years. But every election is going to be about keeping ourselves from their fire.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t want to live like this.