(August 6, 2013 at 7:01 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Is it special pleading if you to punish your child for stealing whisky from the liquor cabinet? No. Because everyone recognizes that adults, by virtue of their knowledge, experience and level of responsibility have a different moral status than their children.
That's not a very good analogy. Try "Is it special pleading for you to disinherit your chld for not accepting the college education you want for her?" I'm not sure it makes your point much better, but at least in mine you haven't compared not accepting a gift to stealing whiskey.