(June 10, 2014 at 1:23 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Well, at least your finally addressing my arguments instead of summarily dismissing them as just my opinion. Go on. More detail please.Bare assertion/opinion - "Consciousness is what determines our moral obligations toward one another."
Appeal to self evidence: "This is evident in how we have no such obligations toward rocks."
Also note that you're sloppy with your terms. You treat thought, consciousness, self-awareness and sentience as interchangeable. If you want to pretend you have a solid logical argument, at least define your terms. Most people don't think of a 21 - 28 week old fetus as self-aware.
Quote:Are you seriously having trouble grasping the difference between "possibly" and "proven"?No, I'm having trouble with your using 21 weeks to be conservative, then flipping to third trimester when that's convenient. I'm also having trouble with your position that, given uncertainty in a question of choice v. life, you would err on the side of choice, yet consider yourself to be moral.