Oddbean new post about login | logout My argument was on the topic of when life begins, not every comparison between various lifeforms. Does life begin at a different point for the less-special fish that it does for a human?
Yeah, I saw the context after I replied. The post didn't have the full context right in front of my face and I'm lazy. Yet still, I don't think that that is relevant to the discussion either. The fish's metaphysical existence is not being examined at all here, is it? Perhaps I am still missing the context. Anyway, your choice of definitions and frameworks is irrelevant, as with most people on the abortion debate. My position as regards the proper laws on abortion is agnostic on when a human life begins and when we need to protect it from harm. A person's right to theor own body and capability to make their own judgements is all but inviolable. The mother is in the best position to make decisions regarding her body and her child. Ergo, pro choice. Simple. Everything else is noise, including your arguments. You are never going to convince someone who holds fetus life sacred to change theor mind on that one thing. I happen to hokd it sacred too. I am pro choice for the simple reason that arbitrary laws do more harm in this area than they help 99.99% of the time.
You are so much more eloquent than I am. Yes my own position aligns with yours on the irrelevance of that particular point of initiation of life. If I'm honest I guess I never intended to, or believed I could, change the opinion of the one I argued with. I was immature argumenting calling him an animal just as he brought in fish to make my point more absurd
Thank you! We all act immature plenty of times, not least of all me. I can be terrible. I occasionally have moments of insight though and am sometimes able to articulate it to point things out to my fellow rational animals, in the form of ideas, criticisms, answers, questions, etc. I appreciate when they do so for me, so I try to spread a little constructive criticism myself. You're golden. Keep on keeping on. I've said WAYYY more rude stuff than your minor little thing. I'm no better than you lol! Or perhaps more accurately, I'm better than you and worse than you at the same time. We just all notice things at different times and from different perspectives, and that's what communication is for.