Morality--read the first post before posting or judging my posts — Page 6

RicOlie_2 said:
This argument isn’t a bad one when the pregnancy is terminated early on. Whether the woman likes it or not, however, the embryo/fetus is a separate human being from herself, and I don’t believe it should be her choice to end its life. My argument is founded largely on the concept that every human life has equal value, regardless of what stage or condition it is in, and that only God can make the decision to end a life. If you don’t agree on that point, we have to agree to disagree.

Looks like we’ll have to. My closing thoughts are that I think a woman who is living has dominion over an unborn life in general but definitely in cases of rape and certain other circumstances. You certainly don’t have to agree and I relish your point of view.

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

Furthermore, the only ones who have any understanding of how things might happen in the future for that fetus are the parents, and they’re the only ones that should get to decide if that future is one worth pursing.

Not wanting their parents to make decisions for them is what motivates people to hitchhike to New York City at age 15.

Yes but not at minus eight months.

darthrush said:

Concerning this “meager” existence debate…

I recently have gone through a conversion from a Christian to an Agnostic. I don’t wanna go into that except that I now believe that since the human race is ultimately doomed my best thing to do is to maximize my happiness in life and to help maximize other people’s happiness in life. I go to school and get good grades to eventually get a good job that I feel helps the world. I’m currently aiming to be a doctor and have all A’s and plenty of extra curriculars.

Being a doctor (sports Doctor specifically) would help people do what they love. I hope to have a family some day and think it would bring me a lot of true happiness. I also make a huge effort to donate to cancer foundations as much as possible. I read books, listen to music and watch movies a lot because they bring me happiness (when the content is good). I like to go on runs because it keeps me fit.

I wouldn’t consider being a Doctor to be meager in any aspect; even if it’s just a Sports Doctor. Sports fuels our economy and if you help the Athletes then they in turn can do their jobs which continues the cycle of productivity. That is certainly more worthy of note in my view than someone who is content at working at Target (but not ascending to corporate) for the entirety of their days.

Being kind, loving and passionate about maximizing everyone’s happiness in life is a worthy purpose of existence in my opinion considering the human race is doomed to die off eventually.

I think it’s important for the personal aspect of humanity but not for the practical.

yhwx said:

I think you just disregarded it when you saw ‘yhwx.’

To be fair that’s what a lot of people have been doing.

I don’t know, I didn’t read it.