RE: Abortion is morally wrong
June 24, 2014 at 9:23 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2014 at 9:25 pm by Arthur123.)
Esquilax, as I have been arguing throughout this thread that in order to be consistent in attributing rights to human beings we must consider fetus' human. My argument is deductive argument and unless you can defeat one of the premises leading to the conclusion the conclusion can be said to be true.
Now lets address your argument, the crux of it, is that of intellectual brain states is the deciding factor in deciding human value. I say this is patently false, for one thing it shifts the idea of human value from intrinsic to extrinsic value which I believe is problematic. For example, coma patients who are not conscious, or baby born with defects have either no right to life or mitigated rights to life. Lets imagine a man whose consciousness shuts down every ten minutes during this time is it permissible to kill him? I would hope your answer would be surely not! Furthermore, since it is a part of a human it is as arbitrary as saying upright walking is the only factor that can deem right to life. Its an arbitrary reasoning through which the sufficient factors of being human are.
Furthermore, fetus did not choose to be there they were placed. The responsibility rests solely on the mother in the case of abortion. I responded to that nearly 20 pages ago. Furthermore, through abortion the fetus' rights is violated in the worst possible way. Death. And please don't assume what my thoughts on issues are, you can always just ask
Lisa, Im slightly confused. Can you restate your argument in a different way? I don't want to repeat myself and would much rather do your argument justice
Kindest regards,
Now lets address your argument, the crux of it, is that of intellectual brain states is the deciding factor in deciding human value. I say this is patently false, for one thing it shifts the idea of human value from intrinsic to extrinsic value which I believe is problematic. For example, coma patients who are not conscious, or baby born with defects have either no right to life or mitigated rights to life. Lets imagine a man whose consciousness shuts down every ten minutes during this time is it permissible to kill him? I would hope your answer would be surely not! Furthermore, since it is a part of a human it is as arbitrary as saying upright walking is the only factor that can deem right to life. Its an arbitrary reasoning through which the sufficient factors of being human are.
Furthermore, fetus did not choose to be there they were placed. The responsibility rests solely on the mother in the case of abortion. I responded to that nearly 20 pages ago. Furthermore, through abortion the fetus' rights is violated in the worst possible way. Death. And please don't assume what my thoughts on issues are, you can always just ask
Lisa, Im slightly confused. Can you restate your argument in a different way? I don't want to repeat myself and would much rather do your argument justice
Kindest regards,
