Newborn babies also don't have it, nor do many other things and beings that we consider morally relevant. This very much reminds me of all the arguments trying to place pain at the center of ethics which then fail to account for painless murder options. (1/2)
FWIW, my view is this is a fairly weak argument for pro-choice position (because it's pretty easy to mess up). The stronger argument relies on the Peter Singer type view that personhood is the proper locus of our moral concern, and fetus's don't have it.https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1128991033616949248 …
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Yes, I'm aware of the complexities, and that there are bullets that will need to be bitten.
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Oh, I was sure that you were aware. I'm just adding my thoughts as well. Any twitter thread can only ever be a headline-type exchange of ideas, it's too narrow to discuss much nuance unfortunately / fortunately.
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That's the point I tried to make here, just before Ireland's abortion referendum last year http://martoman.blogspot.com/2018/05/should-we-repeal-eighth-amendment.html?fbclid=IwAR00ap1inK15uuwTGDP3C6zqMD2aIY9KeChwZ29S9Ga4S0YeV2fq9Unzl2s …
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Yes, once you make it simply about personal autonomy, then you're opening yourself up to the rejoinder that the right to life of the fetus beats autonomy.
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And it doesn't seem clear to me that bodily autonomy, as a moral principle, is obviously true.
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Isn't balance of suffering the best arguement? Particularly mental suffering?
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Easy to mess up how?
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