Geez, Loffy!
If you want some real philosophical conundrums to add into that go read Peter Singer, the famous/infamous Australian philosopher. When is life "life"? When do we have a right to end life, if someone is terminal, in a coma, etc. We will preserve children born with only a brain stem, yet who here eats meat--didn't the animal have more awareness/consciousness/right to life than a human simply because the human is human, if they are nonfunctional? Etc etc. Our technology allows us to create increasingly fine lines between life and death and then our moral absolutes get necessarily fuzzy.
I'm not sure these questions can be answered in terms of moral absolutes ever, but simply practical realism. Such as, in the heat of the moment people will get carried away and not use contraception. (Someone posted a story recently of how women in war times had lots of affairs--someone else, I think Tim, said that's nature's way of preserving life). Making condoms available helps but...
Then you say, to those irresponsible people, have the kid anyway....kids end up abused...lives are ruined in the process...when do you make the decision? Or who takes care of the kids? The "state"?
All I'm saying is there are no easy answers. |
