Thank you for your post and your respectful tone. Actually, your point has been brought up by those who disagree with Marquis' argument saying...
It seems we are close in our opinions on this. If i am understanding you correctly, you are understanding the argument to say that a person's...
This forum is related to anything having to do with abortion, including the ethics of abortion. Certainly, assuming the view I've put forward...
Derideo_Te, it is not necessary to attempt to define legislatively what a future of value looks like for different regions and circumstances. You...
No problem. I've been really busy too. I've been enjoying reading your posts. You have a knack for cutting through the nonsense in a clear headed...
Thank you for the thoughtful response. I'm glad another poster is engaging the argument in an intelligent way. I gave your post some thought...
Boy is this true. Just like some people are tone deaf in music, others cannot see how conclusions can be deduced from premises. It's probably not...
You didn't say that directly, of course. That's the point! You need to think through the implications of what you say and follow an argument....
If you compare the "futures" of children in third world countries vs. the "futures" of those in wealthier nations and see they are not on par with...
There is no assumption in the argument about the value of particular lives. The moral category is not the lives of fetuses or adults but their...
Do you agree that depriving an adult their future of value is grounds for considering killing them immoral? Yes or no. Another question: Does the...
Answer this then, 1. A person's life only has value others place on it. 2. Life A (say my life, for example) is not valued by anyone. 3....
Wow. What do you mean by, "many adults are denied their future by people who don't value their lives" as a justification for abortion?? It sounds...
If you think legal arguments before the supreme court do not use the same analytic thinking and logical argumentation as philosophers use, then...
The point of the post you quote is because she refuses to engage in the argument I posted. Her line of "reasoning" is philosophy is meaningless...
Self defense, by definition, involves someone or some living being initiating violence that puts another in danger. In other words, someone or...
Yes, the future is always doubtful. However, that is also true of an adult yet most of us would say that killing an adult robs them of their...
Hilarious. - - - Updated - - - Pretty funny stuff, Adorno
No I haven't. And why is it relevant? It sounds similar to the argument that unless I am a woman, unless I have to bear children, unless I have...
Supported by what? It's a deductive argument, not an empirical one. You know the difference, right? Besides, it's addressed to Adorno and I'm...
The moral category of the argument is not the fetus but the future of the fetus. That's the whole point. You need to show why viability is a...
1) This is a very good point. I will admit that I am an amateur when it comes to philosophy but I am going to give it my best shot. I will be...
Since you are so into "real life", how do you think these questions get decided anyway? In "real life" these questions are decided by careful...
Before I answer, I'd like to give a little background here for anyone interested... The traditional arguments in the abortion debate focus on...
Why respond when you say you won't even consider the argument? Your main point is this is merely Don's opinion and nothing more - it's...
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