RE: Abortion is morally wrong
July 29, 2014 at 6:04 pm
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2014 at 6:08 pm by answer-is-42.)
A broader question (probably needing it's own thread rather than under this one) is WHAT are our individual morals and WHY?
Theists have it easy - they each have their own book, scroll, golden tablet, golden iPad, whatever to tell them what to do and not do {may or not be right based on my standards, but it is easier because the really don't have to think about these things.}
Secular people have more work to do - there is no common source of morality and we each try to figure it out, but we need to know WHY we think the way we think.
If there is no reason for coming to a conclusion, then are our moral standards any more justifiable then a theist who is told what to believe?
Hence the discussion....
AGAIN this is NOT about what is LEGAL but what is MORAL
NO different conversation as I stated, my primary conversation was on the MORALITY of action, however the response involved the fact that fetus had no rights and hence could not be considered a moral agent - in THAT context I am trying to assess at what point a fetus becomes a moral agent and as such acquires rights, value, etc.
Theists have it easy - they each have their own book, scroll, golden tablet, golden iPad, whatever to tell them what to do and not do {may or not be right based on my standards, but it is easier because the really don't have to think about these things.}
Secular people have more work to do - there is no common source of morality and we each try to figure it out, but we need to know WHY we think the way we think.
If there is no reason for coming to a conclusion, then are our moral standards any more justifiable then a theist who is told what to believe?
Hence the discussion....
AGAIN this is NOT about what is LEGAL but what is MORAL
(July 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm)Rhythm Wrote: "Rights" are a legal issue. You're slipping.
NO different conversation as I stated, my primary conversation was on the MORALITY of action, however the response involved the fact that fetus had no rights and hence could not be considered a moral agent - in THAT context I am trying to assess at what point a fetus becomes a moral agent and as such acquires rights, value, etc.
