Taking a break from celebrating election results...
My knee jerk reaction to whether or not a fetus has a right to life is, yes, they do. Scientifically the fetus is alive, it can hear and has a heartbeat even though it does depend on the woman to stay alive. I would guess that the fetus has a right to life because it is alive.. and that's my reason.
In that case it would have a right not to be aborted because abortion denys the fetus life. The conflict here is that the woman carrying the fetus also has rights and in this country she has a legal right to not carry the fetus to term and give birth if she does not want to.
Of course there are a lot more nuances to my opinion but I don't think we're supposed to get too much into politics and just concentrate on the morality... but I guess you could ask whether or not it is moral for a woman to go through a pregnancy (which is life changing and hazardous to your health) against her will? .. I'll save it for class tomorrow... honestly I'm pretty afraid that discussion tomorrow could get nasty since fetus right is a really tense issue in this country.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Preparation for Discussing Rights
I would say that rights are definitely something that we make group decisions on. The rights we have are definitely based on a majority of people deciding that the right is something we should all have, though a majority saying 'yes' to something doesn't guarantee morality.
A right to having promises kept would probably also infer that there would be a punishment for breaking promises. It would also have to be determined how important a right promise keeping is and would there be any circumstances when you would no longer be obligated to keep a promise. Would you still be obligated to keep it if it put your life in danger, or the life of another person? Or if immoral means were needed to keep the promise? There would definitely need to be guidelines in place.
Could no decision be a good decision? Maybe. I think it would depend on how meaning full it was. If it really made everyone involved think about the issue in an intelligent way than not making a decision on whether promise keeping is a right or not.
A right to having promises kept would probably also infer that there would be a punishment for breaking promises. It would also have to be determined how important a right promise keeping is and would there be any circumstances when you would no longer be obligated to keep a promise. Would you still be obligated to keep it if it put your life in danger, or the life of another person? Or if immoral means were needed to keep the promise? There would definitely need to be guidelines in place.
Could no decision be a good decision? Maybe. I think it would depend on how meaning full it was. If it really made everyone involved think about the issue in an intelligent way than not making a decision on whether promise keeping is a right or not.
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