Wiesemann Natality

“The Moral Challenge of Natality: Towards a Post-Traditional Concept of Family and Privacy in Repro-genetics” is an article from Gottingen University, written by C. Wiesemann. Wiesemann discusses how “repro-genetic is going to change the way we conceive children, and will have a substantial influence on the family” (61). He evaluates the two family models, the traditional model and the care model. They are part of an “ethical debate” of which model is better for a family. Instead of choosing between the two he suggests a third model, the kinship model as a “moral agent” for the debate (61). He thinks of the kinship model as being better suited for the family model. Wiesemann persuades his view by appealing to the audience’s emotions for the most part. Although he does well to prove his point, his arguments are ineffective due to hasty generalizations, ad populum, and ad misericordiam. Wiesemann heavily uses the appeal to emotion through examples of morality and ethics. He appeals to adults by stating “ we are also individuals” not just members of a family (65). He states this to invoke interest in the point of views of parents who work to follow the “ideal of family morality” (65). This is a good way to appeal to the audience but it s a hasty
Not just this but he also does make hasty generalizations of parents all thinking also about themselves aside from being a family member. Not just this but Wiesemann’s argument shifts from the main purpose a bit and becomes a red herring. Wiesemann’s argument is ineffective due to the fallacies because they cause more of negative emotional appeals by creating pity or provoking the feelings of parents through provocative questions that create doubt. Over all Wiesemann does a well job in his argument but it is over shadowed by the fallacies within