Accident of birth

Accident of birth

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"Accident of birth" is a phrase pointing out that no one has any control of, or responsibility for, the circumstances of their birth or parentage. With a modern scientific understanding of genetics, one can reasonably call any human being's entire genome an accident of birth. The place of birth of a baby has an effect in immigration law of many nations, so that an 'accidental' birth in an airport lounge may entitle a person to a passport in later life.

More broadly, gender, family circumstances, cultural background, access to education, inheritance rights, are all sorts of accidents of birth. Individual responsibility, from the age of majority certainly, is supposed to cut across all these matters.

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*Accident (philosophy)


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  • Accident of Birth — Álbum de Bruce Dickinson Publicación 3 de junio de 1997 Género(s) Heavy metal Discográfica CMC …   Wikipedia Español

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  • Accident of Birth — Album par Bruce Dickinson Sortie 1997 Genre Heavy metal, hard rock Producteur Roy Z Label CMC International, Duellist Enterprises Ltd. Criti …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Accident of Birth — Infobox Album | Name = Accident of Birth Type = Studio album Artist = Bruce Dickinson Released = June 3 1997 Recorded = Genre = Heavy metal Length = Label = CMC International, Duellist Enterprises Ltd. Producer = Roy Z Reviews = * Allmusic… …   Wikipedia

  • Accident Of Birth (Album) — Accident of Birth de Bruce Dickinson est un album de Heavy Metal sortie en 1997. Cet album confirme l intention de Bruce Dickinson de revenir avec un son plus metal que son dernier album Skunkwork. Pour cela il s adjuge les services de l ancien… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Accident of Birth (album) — Accident of Birth de Bruce Dickinson est un album de Heavy Metal sortie en 1997. Cet album confirme l intention de Bruce Dickinson de revenir avec un son plus metal que son dernier album Skunkwork. Pour cela il s adjuge les services de l ancien… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Accident of birth (album) — Accident of Birth de Bruce Dickinson est un album de Heavy Metal sortie en 1997. Cet album confirme l intention de Bruce Dickinson de revenir avec un son plus metal que son dernier album Skunkwork. Pour cela il s adjuge les services de l ancien… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • accident of birth — noun Reference to the fact that various benefits or detriments to the life of a person arise from the circumstances into which that person was born, these being entirely beyond his or her control …   Wiktionary

  • (an) accident of birth — an accident of birth phrase a situation caused by who your family is rather than by anything you do Thesaurus: inheritance, inheriting and heritagehyponym Main entry: accident …   Useful english dictionary

  • birth — [ bɜrθ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the occasion of a baby being born: We are happy to announce the birth of our son Andrew. John wanted to be present at the birth. from/since birth: James has been blind from birth. at birth (=at the time… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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