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In connection with this, must be discussed
the development of new ideas of law in these
spheres. Heathen society in its hardness,
exposed weak or crippled children. Christian
society on the other hand, has gone so far in
its mildness, that it prolongs the life of the
child who is incurably ill, physically and
psychically, even if he is misshapen and so
becomes an hourly torment to himself and his
surroundings. Yet respect for life is still not
strong enough in a social order, which keeps
up among other things, the death penalty and
war, that one can without danger suggest the
extinction of such a life. Only when death
is inflicted through compassion, will the
humanity of the future show itself in such a
way, that the doctor under control and
responsibility can painlessly extinguish such
suffering. On the other hand, this Christian
society still maintains the distinction between
legitimate children and the children of sin, a
distinction which more than anything else has
helped to obstruct a real ethical conception of
the duties of parents. Every child has the
same rights in respect to both father and
mother. Both parents have just the same
obligation to every child. Until this is
recognised there will be no basis for the future
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