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I found a loophole that lets me sell kids organs. The best part? I can use the new American ethics system to absolve myself of any guilt by saying "it's not il
by amiga_500 7y ago
I found a loophole that lets me sell kids organs.
The best part? I can use the new American ethics system to absolve myself of any guilt by saying "it's not illegal"!
What wouldn't you do if it became legal?
- BubRoss 7y agoAre you comparing minimizing tax liabilities to murdering children to harvest their organs?
- neotek 7y agoAre you unaware of how analogies work?
- lotsofpulp 7y agoAnalogies don’t work for supporting arguments.
- trentnix 7y agoThat was a straw man and an association fallacy. It was not a useful or instructive analogy.
- root_axis 7y agoSeems like you're missing the point. They're not comparing the morality of minimizing tax liabilities to harvesting human organs, they're using an extreme example of an obviously immoral act to demonstrate that morality isn't a function of legality.
- trentnix 7y ago“Obviously immoral” - the ChiComs disagree. https://www.foxnews.com/world/organ-harvesting-china-survivors-victims https://www.foxnews.com/world/organ-harvesting-china-survivo...
- root_axis 7y agoThey don't disagree, otherwise they would openly embrace the practice instead of shrouding it in secrecy.
- trentnix 7y agoSo the whims and popular beliefs of the masses decide what’s moral and immoral? If tomorrow society embraces organ harvesting from loving children, is it suddenly ok? Or is it always wrong irrespective of public opinion? If law doesn’t tell us what’s moral and immoral, what does?
- root_axis 7y agoWhat are you talking about? I did not imply in any way that popularity determines morality. I stated that organ harvesting is obviously immoral, you made the suggestion that committing an immoral act means that the perpetrator believes the act is moral, I am simply refuting that fallacious argument with the point that China concealing the act shows us that they are aware it is immoral.
- trentnix 7y agoThe organs belong to those kids. They are in their possession, and they made them. I’d have to take those organs from them by force or threat of force. Kind of like my money that the government calls a tax and takes by threat of force or, if it decides, by force. Your analogy is terrible and is completely oblivious on who the bad guys actually are.
- amiga_500 7y agoAnd the land belongs to us all.