RE: To abort or not to abort
April 4, 2014 at 4:08 am
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2014 at 4:17 am by Heywood.)
(March 27, 2014 at 6:37 pm)Chas Wrote: It may be black and white to you, but only if you believe that a bundle of cells without a brain or nervous system is a 'being'.
I'd say that is hard to justify.
A 'being' doesn't need a brain or a nervous system.
You should know this Chas..
(March 27, 2014 at 8:16 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: So the distinction then is that we have an obligation to protect people from intentional harm, but not from unintentional harm?
Why?
The two situations are separate and distinct and it is wrong to conflate them.
It would be morally wrong to kill a random Ethiopian. Is it morally wrong to indulge yourself while Ethiopians starve to death?
