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thisismattwade
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I found out about this misguided professor today. I’m sure many of you are familiar with her and her defense of abortion “in some cases” using the “violinist” thought experiment. I am no moral philosopher or ethicist. I’m an economist and a accountant - we could use more ethics in accounting.
But her argument seems flawed in the sense that she neglects the disparity between the innocence of the child within the mother’s womb versus the assumed innocence of the sick violinist. I think she tries to cover this up by presupposing there is a “right to life”. I’m really just looking for some logical clarification in terms of her argument, and the refutations therefrom. I know most, if not all, of the population around here is pro-life, as am I, so we don’t need to talk about the Church’s position. It just bugs me that such an educated person as Professor Thomson would try to highfaluttenly defend such an awful crime. Thank you and God bless.
Matthew Wade
But her argument seems flawed in the sense that she neglects the disparity between the innocence of the child within the mother’s womb versus the assumed innocence of the sick violinist. I think she tries to cover this up by presupposing there is a “right to life”. I’m really just looking for some logical clarification in terms of her argument, and the refutations therefrom. I know most, if not all, of the population around here is pro-life, as am I, so we don’t need to talk about the Church’s position. It just bugs me that such an educated person as Professor Thomson would try to highfaluttenly defend such an awful crime. Thank you and God bless.
Matthew Wade