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khaaan  ·  4212 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, a moral conundrum for you.

Kill it





cgod  ·  4211 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just curious if you think abortion is murder?

khaaan  ·  4211 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's killing someone that is alive not sure it's murder though the way i see it is it would be the same as killing a seed that has started to shoot is that any different than killing a tree? I even go as far as to say if you have sex with someone that is a commitment to the creation of life and you should respect your choice as a result. if you are raped then is not a choice on the part of the man or woman who was raped. Ultimately though I think it is the choice of the woman if she wants a make a baby or not. It's a grey area the best thing is to set the morals that benefit society the most in the long run having more kids isn't a priority for the human race.

cgod  ·  4210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I look at abortion as a kind of murder, not of a human, but a potential human. I've had pro-choice people say to me that I shouldn't be pro-choice if I think it's murder. The whole debate has a strange cluster of values.

khaaan  ·  4210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think it boils down to practicalities and logic rather than morals which just get in the way. People pic and choose morals anyway we have to think differently in this century.

cgod  ·  4210 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think different societies have different moral norms. Some societies have left weak or handicapped children out to die in the woods to die, others have forced abortions while others deny contraception. It's nice to think that these practices could be regulated by logic but I think there are cultural forces that will overpower reasoned examination anytime soon. I do think that most of the custom has been shaped by nature or societies self interest.

khaaan  ·  4211 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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