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- From: ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer)
- Subject: Re: Jim, the chastity belt theory, and me, Part 1
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.065905.24670@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom, San Jose, California
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 06:59:05 GMT
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- schnaufe@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Bernard A Schnaufer) writes ...
- >ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer) writes:
- >>jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb) writes ...
- >>>I suppose all life has some value and should not be wantonly
- >>>destroyed, but there can be justifications for destroying life. Food,
- >>>shelter and sanitation for human beings come to mind in connection
- >>>with your particular examples.
- >
- >>If there can be justifications for destroying life, then why can't
- >>there also be justifications for abortion?
- >
- >Because human life is stands apart from plant or animal life. Human life is
- >sacred. The legitimate purposes by which other forms of life can be taken
- >do not apply to human life. Human life is in a category entirely by itself.
-
- Well, I suppose that's one way of arguing: just define away the
- problem.
-
- So then, there is _no_ justification for destroying human life? No
- capital punishment? Now wars? No self-defense?
-
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- Ray Fischer "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth
- ray@netcom.com than lies." -- Friedrich Nietszsche
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