The baroness is only confusing the issue
In the debate on human reproduction ethics, she doubted the relevance of human rights, and denied the role of religion. Baroness Warnock is given credit for her courage in changing some of her views.
She now regrets, for instance, the deception implied in the findings of her UK commission, and the Act based on those findings (the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Act, 1990).
But this deception was based primarily on the interests of individuals (and the industry), and not that of the child.
Baroness Warnock tries to manage without human rights or the principle of contradiction a sine qua non in logic. She describes herself as "a moral philosopher."
The least we expect from such people is that they should know right from wrong. Instead, she bases her views on secularist, atheistic ideas.
These support the individual, not the community. She errs, therefore, in trying to draw principles from such ideas. This cannot be done.
In my view, Ireland has no need of her confused thinking.
Donal O'Driscoll,
33, Dargle Road,
Blackrock,
Co Dublin.
