RE: Abortion is morally wrong
June 24, 2014 at 6:45 am
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2014 at 6:50 am by fr0d0.)
So are we pro choicers here now collectively saying that there is no objective morality?
I'm shocked here to see Esq waving that, when previously he's argued with me that it's always without exception wrong to kill babies (God > flood).
Arthur has said repeatedly that his idea has nothing to do with religion... at first I thought he was an atheist. We have morals as human beings and have a consensus we call the law. It's nitpicking to decry objective morality.
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I've been reading some Peter Stringer. I like his ideas a lot. He thinks people who lose mental capacity should also have no right to life. I agree with that one too.
No it isn't.
In that example you're choosing between two immoral acts, one worse than the other. You can choose to make only one person die instead of five.
I'm shocked here to see Esq waving that, when previously he's argued with me that it's always without exception wrong to kill babies (God > flood).
Arthur has said repeatedly that his idea has nothing to do with religion... at first I thought he was an atheist. We have morals as human beings and have a consensus we call the law. It's nitpicking to decry objective morality.
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Ugh
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I've been reading some Peter Stringer. I like his ideas a lot. He thinks people who lose mental capacity should also have no right to life. I agree with that one too.
(June 24, 2014 at 5:13 am)pocaracas Wrote:(June 23, 2014 at 8:51 pm)Arthur123 Wrote: My motus ponens is as follows:Is it?
1. It is morally impermissible to kill an innocent human being
Always?
Are you sure?
Ever heard of the trolley problem? And others like that...
Reality is a bitch. Never say always! (Never say never, too, but oh well! )
Under some circumstances, it is morally permissible to kill an innocent human being.
No it isn't.
In that example you're choosing between two immoral acts, one worse than the other. You can choose to make only one person die instead of five.