Module 5 Caesarean Section by Choice (CSBC) Lesson 24 – CSBC Explain the good reason requirement, and why Warren and Patrick think that this requirement is not satisfied in the case of Wendy's CSBC when it comes to the risk CSBC poses to infants? Explain Doran's view on the moral permissibility of CSBC, and why he thinks the harms CSBC poses to infants, the mother, or women in general are not sufficient to make CSBC wrong. It is morally wrong to put others at greater than necessary risks of significant harm, unless one has a good reason: 1. It is morally wrong to put others at greater than necessary risks of significant harm, unless one has a good reason. 2. CSBC has greater risks of significant harm than does vaginal delivery (to the infant, to the mother). 3. Wendy lacks a good reason for CSBC. -4. Therefore, Wendy’s CSBC is morally wrong. Patrick basically agrees with Warren’s argument above, but he thinks that the main objection to Wendy’s CSBC is that she lacks sufficient reason to put her child’s health at increased risk. Wendy’s CSBC is not wrong. There are many analogies like the fast food case, unnecessary driving case, and the home birth case. Each involves parents acting in ways that put their children at slightly greater risk of significant harm for little reason, and where we do not think those choices are morally wrong. If the risks of significant harm are in real terms very low, then virtually any reason will satisfy the good reason requirement. CSBC puts the pregnant woman at greater risk of significant harm than vaginal delivery, but so does playing ice hockey without a full face shield, which may be imprudent but not immoral. Warren also thinks that CSBC can be harmful to women because it medicalizes a natural event and glamorizes a procedure that is not in women’s or children’s best interests and encourages the manipulation of women. Reducing C-section rates in general could reduce health care costs overall. Since CSBC is not a medically necessary procedure, there is reason not to offer CSBC as part of a publicly funded health care system. Formulate your own view and arguments on the moral permissibility of CSBC.