My apologies if I came across that way - not my intent. I find find it very challenging to express myself succinctly yet clearly. My eyes glaze over w...
There are a near infinite number of possible scenarios here - but for simplicity's sake assume that the previous owner was the original owner and had ...
So if current owner obtained the title deeds by killing a previous owner (or forcing them off the property) - the descendants of the previous owner ha...
@"Banno" Sorry if the OP wasn't clear. Basing current ownership on original ownership is one possible solution to resolving these situations, but not ...
It's not the fear of religion per se. Rather it a fear of what religious people do in the name of their religion. Speaking as a non-religious Jew livi...
Social policy has to be reasonably consistent. So according to you there are no legal consequences for a woman to murder her unborn child by any means...
This is a philosophy forum. If you wish to present a position it is not sufficient to say "it is far wiser" - you need to provide some justification. ...
It's not about what "they think". If "they" are evil Nazis who do not believe in Zygote Personhood and think that their actions will merely lead to de...
Sorry, I'm not following your last response. Are you: A) Changing your mind and now agreeing IVF should be outlawed because it leads to death? OR B) S...
I wasn't talking to you, but I'll try one more time. IVF leads to death. This is a well proven fact. it leads to millions of deaths. Make up your mind...
You have completely mistaken my position. If you read through the exchange between @"Gregory" and me, what I have been doing is echoing @"Gregory"s po...
So under some situations it's OK to kill your children by "letting some die" (which is simply a euphemism for murder). Got it. And there is no punishm...
Thank you for the intelligent response. It appears to me that we're more or less on the same side of this particular discussion - namely that the OP d...
Perhaps a naive notion here, but whether a statements/procedure can take a value or true or false depends on the context. I apologize in advance if I ...
If you were to leave a newborn infant unattended, it will die a painful death in a few days. If you leave an embryo unattended it will perish shortly....
Ha! That got a laugh out of me. But no - I don't get the impression he's a troll - I think he sincerely believes what he says. I get the appeal of zyg...
What you did is to avoid any explanation. Per your definition, the millions of frozen embryos are human beings - yet you have no problem with killing ...
You have been misinformed. Morning after pills do not destroy the blastocyst. They either prevent fertilization - OR - they prevent the blastocyst fro...
Certainly. if someone wants to spend a billion dollars to create a perpetual motion machine or to prove once and for all that the earth is flat, then ...
You have been misinformed. Morning after pills to not destroy the blastocyte. They either prevent fertilization - OR - they prevent the blastocyte fro...
I'm not trying to be insulting, it sounds from your response that you do not know what a blastocyst is. The morning after pills - which you have state...
So is thawing out the embryos (and doing nothing else) equivalent to respectfully putting it somewhere to die. OK, an answer. Next question, what is t...
I think this is a small example of a larger problem - the inability to accept reality. Reality deniers come in many shapes & sizes: Vaccines, the Holo...
Your answer is still not clear, so I'll try again. Do you think we should keep millions of embryos frozen for all eternity? Please choose one of the t...
Your response was not clear so just confirming. If I'm following you, you think we should keep millions of embryos frozen for all eternity. Am I under...
As predicted, you cannot answer this one simple question. Our discussion has now looped around three times with me asking a question and you giving me...
I'll try a different tactic. Once again your point #8: The plain language reading of this is that you are claiming that religion is a natural science....
I tried but I find that interpretation a real stretch. But if indeed that's what the OP is trying to say, then they could/should simply say it. E.g., ...
I am not criticizing your stance. I am simply attempting to follow through on the implications of your position. Are you opposed to in vitro fertiliza...
OK - I just wanted to be clear. You believe in zygote personhood (i.e., the zygote is a legally a person and any attempts to prevent the zygote from b...
If it was obvious we would not be having this discussion. Are you OK with a woman taking a "morning after" pill to prevent the blastocyst from implant...
Much of this discussion has been over the definition of the word socialism. Not trying to be flippant here. Is partial state control OK? If so, how mu...
In my wildest dreams I never imagined that I would agree with Bartricks on anything, but I think he's got a valid point here: I would amend his questi...
Not if the Australians have any say in the matter: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-begins-mass-covid-19-vacc...
I'm assuming that you live in a democracy - i.e., not Saudi Arabia, North Korea, etc. If I'm mistaken in that assumption, then I apologize because you...
In your hypothetical regulation free society you're screwed. We are all responsible for the reasonably predictable consequences of our actions. Histor...
And when a big polluting industry moves into town and starts polluting the entire town, then everyone would have to relocate to another town. And when...
So if I'm understanding you, if I were to move next door to you and built a lead smelting plant and spew toxic fumes into your yard, then in your idea...
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