RE: Abortion: 10 years as an atheist and I still don't get it
February 24, 2020 at 8:15 am
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2020 at 8:19 am by The Grand Nudger.)
We might improve both of those statements.
Refusing to feed a poor hungry person is a situation with moral import. It may be unethical to force a poor hungry person to give another poor hungry person his food - but that wouldn't make it unethical to force a rich full person to give a poor hungry person his food. For this reason, we would need reference to facts of the specific transaction in question.
Forcing a woman to carry a fetus is a situation with moral import. It may be unethical to force a women to carry a fetus they don't want to - but that wouldn't make it unethical to force some women to carry a fetus when they indicate that they don't want to. For this reason, we would need reference to facts of the specific transaction in question.
The day to day morality of our general rules are a heuristic. Mostly but not always right - even by reference to themselves. The matter of the ethics of abortion is too complicated and specific for the singular application of the general rules. We're not picking out socks by reference to sweatshops. Every conceivable position on this topic will have real and profound effects on people.
Refusing to feed a poor hungry person is a situation with moral import. It may be unethical to force a poor hungry person to give another poor hungry person his food - but that wouldn't make it unethical to force a rich full person to give a poor hungry person his food. For this reason, we would need reference to facts of the specific transaction in question.
Forcing a woman to carry a fetus is a situation with moral import. It may be unethical to force a women to carry a fetus they don't want to - but that wouldn't make it unethical to force some women to carry a fetus when they indicate that they don't want to. For this reason, we would need reference to facts of the specific transaction in question.
The day to day morality of our general rules are a heuristic. Mostly but not always right - even by reference to themselves. The matter of the ethics of abortion is too complicated and specific for the singular application of the general rules. We're not picking out socks by reference to sweatshops. Every conceivable position on this topic will have real and profound effects on people.
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