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There's only one question that matters at all: "Is he/she a human being?" The rest is nonsense. If what's inside the woman is a human being, male or female, then to butcher him/her and suck his/her bits into a sink is a horror on parallel with the worst atrocities in history, and maybe wo...

Elective abortion is always horrible and immoral . Some elective abortions are the least worst choice of evils. Elective abortion on the basis of the sex of the foetus is particularly bad and I cannot think of any possible moral justification for it Why do you think it's 'particularly' bad, though?...

I assume the answer from someone who is "pro-choice" is that "pro-choice" doesn't necessarily mean the "choice" to do anything and everything with respect to abortion. For example, a person can be "pro-choice" and still be against late term abortions. A perso...

Alright. We'll let that idea drift in limbo, then.

I'm not an abortion-adbocate ("pro-choice" is propaganda term, a total red herring, and I'm pro the choice of not using propaganda terms, so I don't use it) Well, I mean I don't want to come off as a total hack, right out of the gate. I always thought it was stupid when pro-lifers are jus...

JohnDoe is a bit different I agree, but like I said I think the differences are cooked up to add plausible deniability. When I dig a little deeper, I can still see very apparent parallels. Like how they all like to talk about people's 'word salads' and they see variables as 'extensions' and what no...

It's a pretty simple question; Mostly, I'm directing it at other pro-choice people. Would aborting a baby because it's going to be female, be an immoral thing to do? Note: I am absolutely not asking you if the mentality is immoral, I'm asking you if the action is immoral. If you think it is, how do ...

Most of what he writes about is concerned with computer science and its relationship to logic, metaphysics, maths and epistemology and by an' large he presents a fairly consistent philosophical position and makes a fair amount of sense with respect to his position on those subjects. I think that's ...

Sounds more like a detox for Philosophy Now, but okay.

Alright.

If you say so.

There was no debate here for you to win a prize, your best move would have been to just realize and concede that your position was overambitious and silly. Nah, I think his best move is to make another alternate account, like he has with 'TimeSeeker' and 'Logik', so he can continue to validate hims...

it is interesting to note that people generally think that their own country / culture / etc is superior - and then try to justify it with reasons that purport to be universal whats with that? Do a lot of people in Canada have a lot of pride about their country? As an american looking out, it seems...

No, in fact I don't think having kids can ever be selfish, even if know you have devastating genetics that will be passed on or something like that. You're not dispositioning anyone - because that person doesn't exist, yet.

I wasn't aware that it is. I think that's just pure conjecture on your end.