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Then it becomes a case of: It is not the case that 'We can make a meaningful judgement about whether it is wrong to kill a child.' but, it is the case that 'We can make a meaningful judgement about whether it is wrong to kill a child, provided the child is situated within geographic...

Things are not so simple. Can we trust laws which are put in place without female consent (prior to suffrage)? What about elections where politicians own broadcasting companies and are able to exert an unfair advantage through advertising? What about individuals who vote for politicians using a...

I don't even know how to make an argument from "progressivism or secular humanism", I simply come up with premises with appear reasonable and argue from them. I accept the lefty/greeny lable in that I accept a lot of their conclusions but my style of argument, however, makes no appeal to theirs...

My hypothetical is not that unreasonable - it is a situation which could easily occur. Posed as a direct question: Do you accept a system of moral reasoning which allows an unborn individual to possess moral worth and to loose it the instant they cross a defined border? If you accept this...

This is probably the most I've agreed with you for a while. Yes, we are all bigoted to an extent. To quote the broadway muppet musical Avenue Q "Everyone's a little bit racist". However, I still stand by my point that bigotry depends largely on justification. Yes, I am intolerant of conservative...

Bshoc, you're reading things into my post. I'm a greenie/leftie and proud of it. I was denying false attributes, not my personal affiliation. As you have shown, you know my positions as well as I do, why would I deny such a thing?? They don't have the same relationship rights as...

Sure, national borders decide which lives you can exert an influence over via voting and what not but I don't understand why your ability to vote in Australia eliminates the moral worth of an unborn child in another country. Hypothetically speaking: we could live in a country which bordered on...

Whether or not a person is a bigot depends on the justification they have for their seemingly bigoted comments. Taking a wikipedia definition "A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own." Of course, I have little to say...

What makes a first world baby worth any more than a baby born in the third world?

An example would be cheap clinical trials conducted in the third world with loose ethical standard - the benefits of which will never be seen by the participants. A study worth looking up (which was conducted in the USA 1932-1972, not in the 3rd world) in which the less affluent participants...

I disagree on two counts (and agree once): (1) Your statment about "Greenies/Lefties" is a gross generalization. From what I've observed in this forum both 'sides' lower themselves to the level of petty insults at times. To me it seems to be more a statistically common human trait than one...

I suppose you wouldn't mind forfeiting yours?

It's perhaps worth pointing out that while the brain scans may be relatively consistent with the people's interpretation that 'god is talking through them' it is equally consistent with the hypothesis that some undetectable force/being/object 'X' (with whatever consistent set of properties you...

The main reason I suggest it is because 'marriage' is tied up with a lot of religious institutions and within those institutions it is often blasphemous to consider a marriage between two individuals of the same sex. As far as I'm concerned, what's acceptable within a religious institution is...

BShoc - what if, instead of marriage, we used the term 'civil union'. Why should we deny homsexual couples the right to recieve the same benefits from the state that heterosexual ones recieve?

And despite cuba's relative poverty they have fairly impressive health statistics. If you look at the linked report you'll notice that cuba puts the USA to shame - they're only 2 places behind for overall performance, and miles ahead for level of health and fairness of financial contribution...

Provided you didn't bomb out in the interview you should cruise into UNSW medicine (given your UAI + UMAT combo)... EAS probably won't make a difference in your case.

Something you might want to know if you're planning on following the MedSci --> Medicine pathway: UNSW is starting a graduate entry scheme which will allow high performing students from MedSci(hons) to enter year 4 of the undergraduate medical program, effectively allowing them to complete...

In my case her understanding is correct.

I would have thought that personal stories have an important resonance in these debates... even the general cases posted by agentprovocater provide examples (and healthy reminders) of how the inequalities which are the subject of the debates/discussions in this thread can have negative effects...