ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoConservatives push to declare fetuses as people, with far-reaching consequences.stateline.orgexternal-linkmessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down16
arrow-up1533arrow-down1external-linkConservatives push to declare fetuses as people, with far-reaching consequences.stateline.orgModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square177fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months agoNo one has ever chosen to be conceived and yet we’re still forced to live by the rules of society.
minus-squarethe_toast_is_gone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoThat doesn’t answer the question. Should a five-year-old be held responsible if their dad throws them at their mom?
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThe question is useless if it comes from a fallacious argument to begin with.
minus-squarethe_toast_is_gone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoWhat exactly is the fallacy here? The point is that if the child has done nothing of its own choice to harm its mother, then the fetus cannot be held responsible either.
No one has ever chosen to be conceived and yet we’re still forced to live by the rules of society.
That doesn’t answer the question. Should a five-year-old be held responsible if their dad throws them at their mom?
The question is useless if it comes from a fallacious argument to begin with.
What exactly is the fallacy here? The point is that if the child has done nothing of its own choice to harm its mother, then the fetus cannot be held responsible either.