tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post112173000856377174..comments2023-08-09T09:44:13.292-04:00Comments on Reality by Evidence: Build Foundation on Ethics, Not ReligionJerry Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1121981993180321092005-07-21T17:39:00.000-04:002005-07-21T17:39:00.000-04:00And just so this issue is very very clear in the a...And just so this issue is very very clear in the anti-abortionists' mind, this would be my verdict for them, no matter if some of them be women - For putting a pregnant woman's mind in turmoil by playing with her rights over her own body and its welfare, all anti-abortionists must be necessarily sued and taken to court for interfering in the rights of a person having legal constitutional and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1121974887699405212005-07-21T15:41:00.000-04:002005-07-21T15:41:00.000-04:00I didn't categorize the fetus as a person, I said,...I didn't categorize the fetus as a person, I said, IF we decide to consider the fetus as a person. Anyway, if any court considers the fetus as a person, then in the event of a mother dying because of child-birth and the child surviving, this fetus should be held responsible for murder and not some default. I know it sounds cruel and irrational, but not anymore than giving a fetus rights over thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1121973840502315572005-07-21T15:24:00.000-04:002005-07-21T15:24:00.000-04:00You stated categorically that "a fetus is a person...You stated categorically that "a fetus is a person." That sounds more like an opinion. A fetus has human DNA and might one day become a person if allowed to be born, but the legal definition of "person" is ambiguous.Jerry Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1121973528151820492005-07-21T15:18:00.000-04:002005-07-21T15:18:00.000-04:00I feel I won't be back on this blog again. It's go...I feel I won't be back on this blog again. It's goodbye Jerry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1121973357701270072005-07-21T15:15:00.000-04:002005-07-21T15:15:00.000-04:00I think it's our ethical values that decide how mo...I think it's our ethical values that decide how moral we will be. Or in other words our ethics could differntiate into this level of morality or that, it could be moral from our perspective and not from the perspective of another or it could be moral from both perspectives. The platform from which we decide what constitutes morality would be from the perspective of who has more rights and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1121834406918018892005-07-20T00:40:00.000-04:002005-07-20T00:40:00.000-04:00Good question. But I believe it was answered in th...Good question. But I believe it was answered in the original post. If you break it down to the basics, what's ethical is anything that doesn't result in harm to any person or their property. Everyone will agree that that is the base. The only thing people will disagree with is that some will want to be far more restrictive than that. But let's stick with the basics, the thing that everyone can Jerry Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1121827478706226302005-07-19T22:44:00.000-04:002005-07-19T22:44:00.000-04:00Finally, someone who speaks knowledgeably about th...Finally, someone who speaks knowledgeably about the differentiation between morals and ethics. However, who should decide the ethical foundation?Christopher Trottierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07213876422367028713noreply@blogger.com