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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (64796)10/29/2002 8:31:13 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 82486
 
Hey. I am looking for a term here. Lets say there is an argument that is clearly resolvable given some specific critera. However, we, enter an element to the argument that is to complicated on its own to resolve that the initial argument gets held up.

For example:

If we could prove the exact moment that a fetus is human enough to declare that it has totally equal rights, the abortion debate would be greatly simplified.

Or, If the age of this boy were not a factor, his sentencing would be easy to determine.

Is there a term or phrase for adding an element to an argument that makes an otherwise resolvable thing, irresolvable?



To: The Philosopher who wrote (64796)10/30/2002 5:45:43 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
It is not weird at all. One can, for example, drive a car at 16, in most jurisdictions, and in some jurisdiction, one can get married. Calibrating responsibility is not so unusual. The fact is, there is a reasonable expectation that you will have enough judgment to know better than to blow people away.......


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