RE: Why I Am Pro-Life
July 25, 2013 at 4:29 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2013 at 4:29 pm by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
(July 25, 2013 at 4:20 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Hey teg
The first line breaks the scientific observation though: that a zygote is a human life.
That's irrelevant because this argument doesn't rely on whether something is human or not. The argument doesn't assume " if it's human, it has a right to life." The argument effectively states that if it's not self aware and if it can't desire "continued existence", then it doesn't have a right to life. You can apply this argument to any number of things.
See:
All beings with a right to life are capable of desiring continued existence.
All beings capable of desiring continued existence have a concept of themselves as a continuing subject of experiences.
No plant has a concept of itself as a continuing subject of experiences.
Therefore, No plant has a right to life.
or
All beings with a right to life are capable of desiring continued existence.
All beings capable of desiring continued existence have a concept of themselves as a continuing subject of experiences.
No computer has a concept of itself as a continuing subject of experiences.
Therefore, No computer has a right to life.
or
All beings with a right to life are capable of desiring continued existence.
All beings capable of desiring continued existence have a concept of themselves as a continuing subject of experiences.
No rock has a concept of itself as a continuing subject of experiences.
Therefore, No rock has a right to life.
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"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).