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RAÉL HADLEYREVEREND · AUTHOR · THINKER
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Important distinctionCreation & Procreation

Consent and Nonexistence

Silence before existence is neither refusal nor permission. There is no preexistent person available for consultation, yet the decision to create life still requires moral examination.

Rev. Raél Hadley · The Inheritance of Existence
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Silence before existence is neither refusal nor permission. There is no preexistent person available for consultation, yet the decision to create life still requires moral examination.

The Inheritance of Existence, manuscript p. 189. Editorial paraphrase of the supporting distinction.

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