(August 12, 2019 at 9:08 pm)Acrobat Wrote: “
Because harming innocents babies cause unnecessary suffering, is harmful for both the health and wellbeing of the child and society. “
Is that not an adequate answer?
Yep, perfectly adequate, I'd say.
Some argumentative people might demand to know why it is bad to do things that are detrimental to the child's wellbeing -- I've seen pickier questions. But I think in ethics "good" just means "conducive to wellbeing." So the statement here is enough.
In other cases we might argue about whether a given thing (higher taxes, for example) is or is not conducive to wellbeing. But in the case of torturing babies it's self-evident.
