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It is a contrived example, but it has a reason for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion
by Levitz 4y ago
It is a contrived example, but it has a reason for it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion
- dariusj18 4y agoSeems pretty heavily modified from the source, but even the source isn't super relevant because it is trying to use though experiments to determine the morality of the act, however Roe and this subsequent decision (tenuously) are based on legal justification.
- scarmig 4y agoThought experiments are useful as intuition pumps, and very widely used in philosophy. And the particular argument I was responding to was about a moral argument for complete bodily autonomy.
- ModernMech 4y agoAs a violinist, I’m confused as to why the person is a violinist is relevant at all.