(March 27, 2014 at 6:25 am)Heywood Wrote:(March 27, 2014 at 5:24 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: An interesting moral stance. Does it extend to actual people? So for eg, if I see a child fall off a train platform onto the track, do I have a moral obligation to lift the child clear? (go out of my way to ensure its survival)? Or is it enough not to take action to ensure its destruction (push him off).
IUDs work by impeding implantation of a fertilised egg. Is this taking action to ensure its destruction?
A)Attempt to push a child into the path of an on coming train.
B)Not attempt to save a child who has fallen in front of an on coming train.
A is not the same thing as B. A is analogous to abortion. B is not analogous to abortion. I fear you are attempting to conflate A with B....but to answer your question I would say yes, you have some obligation to lift the child from the tracks.
Actually, I'm seeing if you conflate a and B, with C And D. Where C and d are actively killing and failing to protect a fetus
So to be clear, I YO
We DO have a moral duty to go out of our way to protect the child once born, but NOT before its born.
And actively destroying the child is wrong either before or after birth.
Is that what you're saying?
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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