I did not ask if you were religious. You volunteered that information, for no apparent reason. The fact that you refuse to describe your religious vie...
That’s why your religious views are interesting. Why not share them? Also, you mentioned that you’re religious. Why mention it if this has nothing to ...
There’s no controversy. I’d trust you more if you admitted to goofing around. Honestly though, I don’t care if you’re sincere or not. Let’s play prete...
I don't see what the point of humanizing (making it more civilized or whatever) a fetus would be if they weren't aware of it in some way. I've heard o...
Your position of being against abortion without exception appears to contradict your belief that some abortions are definitely not a sin (immoral, wro...
The funny thing is that NOS's and Frank's point underscores that human zygotes, blastocysts, and fetuses are not fully human in that there's no concer...
Oh, sorry, I assumed you cared about the victims of dehumanization. My mistake. Btw, if pro-choice advocates don’t believe that human zygotes, blastoc...
Being dehumanized can cause significant psychological harm. Zygotes, blastocysts, and fetuses often feel alienated, isolated, and humiliated, which ca...
Sure you can. The point is only that we may identify things based on our goals. For instance, if our goals are pragmatic in nature we may identify som...
As far as I can tell everything is in a constant state of change and motion at the molecular, cellular, terrestrial, and celestial levels. I think we ...
Why not before that? A zygote does not just come into existence on its own. Can you clarify what you mean by that? Some may view it as an ideological ...
Not sure if overcoming obstacles and winning leads to well-being. At least Holiday isn’t a Trump fan, though many of Holiday’s fans don’t understand w...
I could not have been clearer and you seem to largely ignore what I wrote so I have nowhere to go from here. It’s been an interesting and fruitful dis...
Yes, exactly. It seems your version of Neo-Aristotelianism is somehow grounded in idealism rather than practical living and achieving eudaimonia (huma...
The bottom line is that if a Neo-Aristotelian truly values human flourishing they will value choice because: The ultimate goal is human flourishing an...
In a representative democracy, legislators are elected to act on behalf of their constituents. Although this system isn’t perfect and representation c...
So you believe that the state knows better than individuals whether or not they're in a position to flourish (achieve eudaimonia if you prefer) with a...
It’s not just bodily autonomy that’s at stake. If I’m not mistaken, the ultimate goal of Neo-Aristotelianism is human flourishing. There doesn’t seem ...
If I understand your position at all, basically because a person has a “rational will” and an ant does not. If abortion contravenes the telos of a zyg...
I don’t know what you mean by a means to an end. Does anyone deliberately get pregnant and have an abortion as a means to some end? Anyway, sure, we v...
Feelings have a nasty habit of influencing our moral reasoning. Neo-Aristoelianism doesn’t appear to take a firm position on the issue, not being base...
So your view follows Neo-Aristoelianism in believing that abortion is wrong because it interrupts the natural potential of the fetus to become a virtu...
Or for there to be a soul. Aristotle believed a fetus in early gestation has the soul of a vegetable, then of an animal, and only later became "animat...
In writing about personhood you contrasted us with other species, saying that we possess a "rational Telos" that other species lack, and this rational...
Strangely, you seem to be saying that the nature (capacity for reason and abstract goals) which allows abortion is what grounds the right to not be ab...
No, I’m simply pointing out the fact that abortion has been on the ballot in seven states since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and in each i...
It’s true, and it’s something that you can easily verify for yourself. Many more states will vote on it next month. Some Republican lead legislatures ...
Without checking, from what I recall this is not true. Since the Dobbs decision, when there’s a vote on the ballot in red states it goes pro-choice. L...
https://i.postimg.cc/yxcCRvWv/temp-Image-SSJNp-I.avif This is an image of in vitro fertilization. It may be before or after fertilization. You can't t...
A few chapters into Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Such beautifully rich writing. Surprising to learn that his work wasn't well received while he was a...
I asked Chatgpt for another list of fun and interesting historical events: Preservation of Knowledge by Monastic Orders (Medieval Europe) Time Period:...
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