Comments on: Clarifying the Abortion Debate http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/clarifying-the-abortion-debate/ Horror Writer and Political Thinker Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marc http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/clarifying-the-abortion-debate/#comment-33 Marc Fri, 14 May 2010 20:59:29 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=23#comment-33 <p>From a philosophical perspective, I personally agree with what <a href="http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/1995----03.htm" rel="nofollow">Peter Singer</a> and <a href="http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/abortion_a_question_of_womens_rights_morality_--_or_both/" rel="nofollow">Michael De Dora</a> have written on the matter. However, from a libertarian perspective, I think the matter of the legality of abortion is best left up to the states.</p> From a philosophical perspective, I personally agree with what Peter Singer and Michael De Dora have written on the matter. However, from a libertarian perspective, I think the matter of the legality of abortion is best left up to the states.

]]> By: Marc http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/clarifying-the-abortion-debate/#comment-1907 Marc Fri, 14 May 2010 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=23#comment-1907 From a philosophical perspective, I personally agree with what <a href="http://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/1995----03.htm" rel="nofollow">Peter Singer</a> and <a href="http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/abortion_a_question_of_womens_rights_morality_--_or_both/" rel="nofollow">Michael De Dora</a> have written on the matter. However, from a libertarian perspective, I think the matter of the legality of abortion is best left up to the states. From a philosophical perspective, I personally agree with what Peter Singer and Michael De Dora have written on the matter. However, from a libertarian perspective, I think the matter of the legality of abortion is best left up to the states.

]]> By: Noel Goetz http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/clarifying-the-abortion-debate/#comment-32 Noel Goetz Wed, 12 May 2010 03:33:49 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=23#comment-32 <p>The abortion debate is strickly a moral debate. It is confined within the boundaries of right and wrong and whose compass you are using to find your way to an answer. One mans compass may be based on moral absolutes. Another mans compass spins influenced by feelings, conscience or outside influences which can change from day to day. Unfortunately without absolutes on both sides of the debate, it is a polluted argument. Who is God? The atheist is a God unto himself. Though he may give lip service to right vs. wrong, he is the standard unto himself. Ergo there is no wrong answer and in reality morals have no place in the debate as morals are whatever one chooses to hold to at that specific moment (situational ethics). The God fearer believes that all truth eminates from outside himself. He usually desires the ease of a black and white answer to all difficult questions, but in the end can point to a personal true North. Who is right? My personal belief is that a society that places ease (personal comfort) above personal responsibilty is the one that will ultimately fail. We kill our children because children get in the way of leisure, wealth, and sexual freedom from consequence. We are a self centered society that holds to no absolutes other than that of self. As society degenerates into the morass that we now see on a global scale, the abortion debate will be moot. As future events unfold , Man will lie, cheat, steal and yes kill for self comfort and self preservation because he has already been given the permission to do so.</p> The abortion debate is strickly a moral debate. It is confined within the boundaries of right and wrong and whose compass you are using to find your way to an answer. One mans compass may be based on moral absolutes. Another mans compass spins influenced by feelings, conscience or outside influences which can change from day to day. Unfortunately without absolutes on both sides of the debate, it is a polluted argument. Who is God? The atheist is a God unto himself. Though he may give lip service to right vs. wrong, he is the standard unto himself. Ergo there is no wrong answer and in reality morals have no place in the debate as morals are whatever one chooses to hold to at that specific moment (situational ethics). The God fearer believes that all truth eminates from outside himself. He usually desires the ease of a black and white answer to all difficult questions, but in the end can point to a personal true North. Who is right? My personal belief is that a society that places ease (personal comfort) above personal responsibilty is the one that will ultimately fail. We kill our children because children get in the way of leisure, wealth, and sexual freedom from consequence. We are a self centered society that holds to no absolutes other than that of self. As society degenerates into the morass that we now see on a global scale, the abortion debate will be moot. As future events unfold , Man will lie, cheat, steal and yes kill for self comfort and self preservation because he has already been given the permission to do so.

]]> By: Noel Goetz http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/clarifying-the-abortion-debate/#comment-1906 Noel Goetz Wed, 12 May 2010 03:33:00 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=23#comment-1906 The abortion debate is strickly a moral debate. It is confined within the boundaries of right and wrong and whose compass you are using to find your way to an answer. One mans compass may be based on moral absolutes. Another mans compass spins influenced by feelings, conscience or outside influences which can change from day to day. Unfortunately without absolutes on both sides of the debate, it is a polluted argument. Who is God? The atheist is a God unto himself. Though he may give lip service to right vs. wrong, he is the standard unto himself. Ergo there is no wrong answer and in reality morals have no place in the debate as morals are whatever one chooses to hold to at that specific moment (situational ethics). The God fearer believes that all truth eminates from outside himself. He usually desires the ease of a black and white answer to all difficult questions, but in the end can point to a personal true North. Who is right? My personal belief is that a society that places ease (personal comfort) above personal responsibilty is the one that will ultimately fail. We kill our children because children get in the way of leisure, wealth, and sexual freedom from consequence. We are a self centered society that holds to no absolutes other than that of self. As society degenerates into the morass that we now see on a global scale, the abortion debate will be moot. As future events unfold , Man will lie, cheat, steal and yes kill for self comfort and self preservation because he has already been given the permission to do so. The abortion debate is strickly a moral debate. It is confined within the boundaries of right and wrong and whose compass you are using to find your way to an answer. One mans compass may be based on moral absolutes. Another mans compass spins influenced by feelings, conscience or outside influences which can change from day to day. Unfortunately without absolutes on both sides of the debate, it is a polluted argument. Who is God? The atheist is a God unto himself. Though he may give lip service to right vs. wrong, he is the standard unto himself. Ergo there is no wrong answer and in reality morals have no place in the debate as morals are whatever one chooses to hold to at that specific moment (situational ethics). The God fearer believes that all truth eminates from outside himself. He usually desires the ease of a black and white answer to all difficult questions, but in the end can point to a personal true North. Who is right? My personal belief is that a society that places ease (personal comfort) above personal responsibilty is the one that will ultimately fail. We kill our children because children get in the way of leisure, wealth, and sexual freedom from consequence. We are a self centered society that holds to no absolutes other than that of self. As society degenerates into the morass that we now see on a global scale, the abortion debate will be moot. As future events unfold , Man will lie, cheat, steal and yes kill for self comfort and self preservation because he has already been given the permission to do so.

]]> By: Justin http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/clarifying-the-abortion-debate/#comment-31 Justin Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:11:36 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=23#comment-31 <p>I don't like using the term human regarding abortion. I would say that a fetus is human, that is that it has 46 chromosomes. I would say that Terri Schiavo was also human. However, I'd say that neither of them were persons.</p> <p>Using personhood rather than humanness eliminates some of the talking past one another that both sides of the debate do, though it does lead one into philosophically new areas of discussion.</p> I don’t like using the term human regarding abortion. I would say that a fetus is human, that is that it has 46 chromosomes. I would say that Terri Schiavo was also human. However, I’d say that neither of them were persons.

Using personhood rather than humanness eliminates some of the talking past one another that both sides of the debate do, though it does lead one into philosophically new areas of discussion.

]]> By: Justin http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/clarifying-the-abortion-debate/#comment-1905 Justin Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=23#comment-1905 I don't like using the term human regarding abortion. I would say that a fetus is human, that is that it has 46 chromosomes. I would say that Terri Schiavo was also human. However, I'd say that neither of them were persons. Using personhood rather than humanness eliminates some of the talking past one another that both sides of the debate do, though it does lead one into philosophically new areas of discussion. I don’t like using the term human regarding abortion. I would say that a fetus is human, that is that it has 46 chromosomes. I would say that Terri Schiavo was also human. However, I’d say that neither of them were persons.

Using personhood rather than humanness eliminates some of the talking past one another that both sides of the debate do, though it does lead one into philosophically new areas of discussion.

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