QUOTE (warita200 @ Feb 15 2010, 05:55 AM) I agree with that 100%. Eggie-san, I admire the ease with which you fraze your ideas.
Thanks, Warita.
That's really nice of you to say.
QUOTE (mosque @ Feb 20 2010, 12:12 AM)Without being omniscient, you can't really know the full consequences of your actions. You could like the guitar guy said think you are saving a kids life but they grow up to be a Hitler.
I like that idea. I think that too often people do something simply because they hope it might have a good outcome, even though the odds that something bad will happen are at least as likely. When I was younger (and devoutly Christian), the main justification I had for being anti-abortion (other than my faith) was that there might be a chance that the aborted fetus could have grown into the next Einstein, or into the next president, or something like that. Statistically speaking though, it would be just as likely for that child to turn into the next ruthless dictator, or some violent criminal (or more likely than either of those, the child could just move from foster home to foster home, develop numerous psychological disorders, or what have you). I'm not trying to pretend that I just destroyed the pro-life movement, I'm just making the point that the decision of getting an abortion shouldn't be based on the type of lifestyle the child might have.
For me, it just says that people shouldn't look for absolute answers to moral questions, because there aren't any absolute answers to be had.
Thanks, Warita.
QUOTE (mosque @ Feb 20 2010, 12:12 AM)Without being omniscient, you can't really know the full consequences of your actions. You could like the guitar guy said think you are saving a kids life but they grow up to be a Hitler.
I like that idea. I think that too often people do something simply because they hope it might have a good outcome, even though the odds that something bad will happen are at least as likely. When I was younger (and devoutly Christian), the main justification I had for being anti-abortion (other than my faith) was that there might be a chance that the aborted fetus could have grown into the next Einstein, or into the next president, or something like that. Statistically speaking though, it would be just as likely for that child to turn into the next ruthless dictator, or some violent criminal (or more likely than either of those, the child could just move from foster home to foster home, develop numerous psychological disorders, or what have you). I'm not trying to pretend that I just destroyed the pro-life movement, I'm just making the point that the decision of getting an abortion shouldn't be based on the type of lifestyle the child might have.
For me, it just says that people shouldn't look for absolute answers to moral questions, because there aren't any absolute answers to be had.