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- From: jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb)
- Subject: Re: Jim, the chastity belt theory, and me, Part 1
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.135322.8688@panix.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:53:22 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.215527.23123@panix.com> <1eds3tINNl6d@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> <1992Nov19.171412.19686@panix.com> <1eha68INNslc@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com>
- Organization: Institute for the Human Sciences
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- In <1eha68INNslc@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com> regard@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com (Adrienne Regard) writes:
-
- >,The life is a forseeable (even if not probable) consequence of the
- >,[sexual] activity, life is valuable, and destroying life is bad.
-
- >Why?
-
- I assume the "why" refers to the assertions that "life is valuable,
- and destroying life is bad."
-
- Life in general is valuable because it is the condition for the
- realization of all other values. Particular lives are valuable
- because each is irreplaceable -- one life does not substitute for
- another.
-
- In addition, each of us views his own life as possessing a unique
- value and so can't reasonably deny that unique value to other lives.
-
- Possibly someone might reject all this. If he did, what superior
- principles could he point to to guide action?
- --
- Jim Kalb (jk@panix.com)
- "Alles Erworbne bedroht die Maschine, solange
- sie sich erdreistet, im Geist, statt im Gehorchen, zu sein." (Rilke)
-