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Condoms are still good - if they work then they've stopped fertilisation. If not then it would seem it's the woman's bad luck (acording to bshoc that is).

Keep in mind that he's against abortion and a copper IUD doesn't stop conception, but rather expels the conceptus (which is abortion in his eyes... much the same deal with the morning after pill). Similarly, one of the mechanisms of the pill, and many other hormonal contraceptives, is to disrupt...

Many would argue that we're wasting resources by not trying to preserve the environment.

Good on Gore. It's about time someone started sticking up for the environment... we're fucked otherwise. Even if they choose not to touch it the Republicans have a pretty hot campaign team - they'll bring it up, make it an issue and then the Democrats will be questioned on it. Then you've...

Do you actually believe that?

Heh, or so we'd like to think. (wow, this post comes towards the top of the list of poor procrastination efforts... it's exam crunch time)

Congrats guys, it's good to see some BoS members scoring interviews. Try not to stress too much and best of luck with them. Hopefully I'll see some of you in lectures/tuts next year.

Not all ethicists hold that all forms of 'murder' are wrong. Whether or not a given case of 'murder' is justified ethically is a perfectly valid question - though apparently not in your system, which is fine. To say that 75,000 less babies won't make a big difference is comparable to the...

I really disagree with the way you're establishing whether or not something is a right or an ethical principle. Whether or not some one actually has autonomous freedom has little bearing on whether they should have it. It is this latter point, whether or not people should have a right to...

Ethical principles aren't dictated by governmental policy. The fact that the government denies autonomy in certain instances by no means proves that autonomy is not a reasonable ethical principle/ideal to use to guide our judgements. The father doesn't have to carry the child for 9 months and...

It's a 'main stance' of some individuals who are pro-choice. Many who are pro-choice also factor the child's right to life into the equation. An example is Thomson's paper 'A Defense of Abortion' which uses the famous 'violinist' thought experiment (one which I think has quite a few flaws)...

You should have made that last statement before your main argument. It doesn't hold as much water without the stated assumption that women lack the right to autonomy of self. If you really want to rebut my argument then your best bet is to make a case for why autonomy is not a right (instead of...

The whole abortion issue revolves around the relationship between the mother and the fetus... the autonomy of the mother vs. the right to life of the child. If someone forces the death of the unborn child on both the child and the mother then they simultaneously deny the rights of both the...

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Re: is it ok to kick a cat? Do you see anything wrong with human pain and suffering? To experience pain is by no means a pleasant experience - it can be quite terrible. As such I see the experience of pain as a 'negative thing' and believe that to unnecessarily cause another being pain is to...

Re: is it ok to kick a cat? There are human beings out their who I am sure are indifferent towards me and would take advantage of me given the chance. I don't see this as a reasonable (dare I say logical) justification for causing them unecessary harm (/pain, etc.). Why should this be...

Re: is it ok to kick a cat? No, it's not ok to kick a cat. This is because I think the principle of nonmaleficence, that we are obligated not to cause unnecessary harm to others, should be extended to animal species. If you kick a cat you cause it harm the same way you cause harm to a human...

If you want to set up your creator as a logical contradiction then there's no point in having a debate. To declare the creator and its properties to be beyond the range of the human mind amounts to removing any grounds for argument. It's fine if you choose a leap of faith, but don't try to argue...

The law with regards to abortion varies from country to country. On the international level abortion is certainly not illegal - in fact the UN often advocates it and is even looking towards making abortion both legal and a human right.

There are plenty of atrocities associated with and even commited in the name of religion ( http://skeptically.org/enlightenment/id7.html ). Your above examples are of movements which were also led by men in positions of political power. Are men then more evil than women? Is the politician more...