Bob Ross

@"RogueAI" You are begging the question: whether or not my theory arrives at an “immoral position” is exactly the essence of the abortion debate, whic...

CC:@"RogueAI" Then, e.g., you cannot say that a baby should have been born with two arms but was born with one instead. So you think a tactical bomber...

It grounds the right to life for all members of any rational species: it is the fundamental principle that grounds rights for persons—of any kind. Thi...

You are, then, begging the question; and using "obviousness" as a cop-out to actually put in the intellectual work to have a coherent position. Anyone...

No worries at all, my friend! I would say it is also independent of the imagination, thoughts, memories, etc. being that it is the necessary precondit...

If you are going to claim, like @"Banno", that a zygote does not have a right to life or (if I am being overly-charitable) that there are different de...

What???

You just keep asserting it, without giving any ethical reasons for believing it. Why believe that a zygote does not have a right to life? Answer that.

All your argument has been thus far, is that zygotes don't have rights. I want to know why you believe that. Moreover, no, you cannot give zygotes a d...

I mean it in its standard sense: science of purpose . No, I mean that a zygote will naturally develop into a being with a rational will all else being...

How many times are you going to ask the same question? The answer is still no, I would not use the zygotes to put out the fire. I've elaborated in det...

I understand your confusion, but I've clarified this many times now. A zygote is not a person (in that strict sense that you mean) but has a nature th...

I apologize: I was not intending to alter the example to my benefit. I am not following what difference it makes if the tactical bomber cannot retreat...

DID YOU READ MY MESSAGE?!? I am losing patience with you, my friend. Literally in the quote you made I addressed that!

Interesting, I guess we will have to see what happens then.

There is no such example: I pull the lever if the one is being sacrificed is substituted for any number of zygotes; and this is not incoherent with my...

I could see that (although I have many examples of Republicans that do not support that at all); because they lack a coherent position. None of this m...

Traditionally, a rational will; i.e., a sufficiently free will. That is a serious and impactful difference between humans and other species: most, if ...

This is entirely too vague. Do you think the blastocyst has a right to life or not?!? You are purposefully avoiding the question, because you know if ...

They are persons.

What do you mean "except"?

You are confusing the end with the intentions. I can directly intend something which is not the end I am trying to bring about (e.g., start my car to ...

The most common republican view, although not officially, is that abortion should be illegal except under certain grave circumstances. E.g., https://n...

You don't understand my position; and have straw manned it time and time again. If you want to understand it,then we need to actually discuss it from ...

I am assuming that this was a rhetorical question, since you quoted my answer.

Yes (under certain circumstances), and this gets into the principle of double effect; and is not pertinent to the abortion discussion. Technically, it...

I don't think that is true at all. Red states are predominantly conservative; and conservatives are not pro-choice.

I appreciate your thoughtful response. I think I understand now what you are going for, and I agree despite our semantic differences :up: . Like I sai...

Are you arguing that a both have rights, but one trumps the other? Or are you arguing that only one of them has rights?

Banno, do you really believe that it is equally as obvious that a woman should have a right to abortion as the fact that your hand exists? C'mon man. ...

You haven't and that's what I am asking you to do: what method?????? You have offered nothing but a blanket assertion that a woman has more rights, or...

I appreciate your elaboration! I don’t disagree with anything you said in your response; but what I am wondering is if you believe that there are form...

See, this is good question to spark the conversation. I wish @"Banno" would have brought this up, because, if I were doing the arguing for them, this ...

Yeah, that's why I would have to think about it more. That's a good point.

You are right: I didn't ask that. So why did you comment on my post? I am not following on what your response has to do with my response to Banno. Wha...

Abortion is a super controversial topic, and there absolutely no consensus, like in physics in your analogy, that pro-choice is the right answer. What...

My apologies Mww, I forgot to respond. Ahhh, I understand now. For me, what is real for my understanding, in the Kantian sense, is not the same as I w...

I don't want a footnote Wayfarer: I want a response (:

I don't think so; although I would have to think about it more. I would imagine that, all else being equal, cremating a body is done out of respect fo...

I am asking you why you believe that a zygote does not have the same fundamental right to not be killed when innocent like a woman does; and you refus...

You didn't address anything we were really discussing about: I am asking @"frank" if it is morally permissible (and subsequently legally permissible) ...

You are just sidestepping the conversation and begging the question. I have tried many times to inquire on what moral grounds you believe this and you...

If I take your position seriously, then we cannot say that a dog fossil is a dog fossil.

1. This is a red herring: you are purposefully avoiding my line of questioning. 2. No, burying them is not immoral per se. This doesn’t violate any of...

What reasons? This is the problem with your position: you have no moral reasons to punish or rehabilitate them because you deny that anything wrong is...

I appreciate your response. I think we are currently in different headspaces: you view this as a dispute between nominalism and realism, whereas I see...

Eric, with all due respect, you are not understanding what I am saying. I can tell, because: You asked: I never once claimed that a dead human being i...

You said that dead people have no rights; therefore, your position necessitates that it is not impermissible, in principle, to do those horrific thing...

So you believe someone can have sex with a dead corpse? So you believe that a person's organs can be harvested even if they did not previously consent...

Yes; and that is uncontroversially true. Where it gets controversial, is what rights (if any) a brain dead human being has (and, likewise, a completel...