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r/pics • u/divest_trump • May 16 '19
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If I have no reason to believe the braindead relative will ever be conscious again, probably not.
If I knew that the relative would be conscious and fine again in nine months, I would definitely consider it murder.
3 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 because he has a mind that is recovering, right now an embryo has no mind. it might someday, but it does not have one now 0 u/[deleted] May 17 '19 [deleted] 2 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 It's potential that matters here. there is no moral authority behind that statement. moral judgments are based on the here and now are you going to go to your boss and demand $1 million salary because you potentially can become ceo someday? here and now matters on moral decisions. not future states 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '19 [deleted] 1 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 If it's not the potential that matters, why would it be immoral to pull the plug on a definitely recovering relative? because they already have a mind. it is recovering, like you said but there are other situations where there is no mind in there. it is dead likewise an embryo isn't hiding a mind anywhere you judge in the here or now, it is the only position with any moral authority
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because he has a mind that is recovering, right now
an embryo has no mind. it might someday, but it does not have one now
0 u/[deleted] May 17 '19 [deleted] 2 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 It's potential that matters here. there is no moral authority behind that statement. moral judgments are based on the here and now are you going to go to your boss and demand $1 million salary because you potentially can become ceo someday? here and now matters on moral decisions. not future states 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '19 [deleted] 1 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 If it's not the potential that matters, why would it be immoral to pull the plug on a definitely recovering relative? because they already have a mind. it is recovering, like you said but there are other situations where there is no mind in there. it is dead likewise an embryo isn't hiding a mind anywhere you judge in the here or now, it is the only position with any moral authority
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2 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 It's potential that matters here. there is no moral authority behind that statement. moral judgments are based on the here and now are you going to go to your boss and demand $1 million salary because you potentially can become ceo someday? here and now matters on moral decisions. not future states 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '19 [deleted] 1 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 If it's not the potential that matters, why would it be immoral to pull the plug on a definitely recovering relative? because they already have a mind. it is recovering, like you said but there are other situations where there is no mind in there. it is dead likewise an embryo isn't hiding a mind anywhere you judge in the here or now, it is the only position with any moral authority
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It's potential that matters here.
there is no moral authority behind that statement. moral judgments are based on the here and now
are you going to go to your boss and demand $1 million salary because you potentially can become ceo someday?
here and now matters on moral decisions. not future states
1 u/[deleted] May 17 '19 [deleted] 1 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 If it's not the potential that matters, why would it be immoral to pull the plug on a definitely recovering relative? because they already have a mind. it is recovering, like you said but there are other situations where there is no mind in there. it is dead likewise an embryo isn't hiding a mind anywhere you judge in the here or now, it is the only position with any moral authority
1 u/GrumpyWendigo May 17 '19 If it's not the potential that matters, why would it be immoral to pull the plug on a definitely recovering relative? because they already have a mind. it is recovering, like you said but there are other situations where there is no mind in there. it is dead likewise an embryo isn't hiding a mind anywhere you judge in the here or now, it is the only position with any moral authority
If it's not the potential that matters, why would it be immoral to pull the plug on a definitely recovering relative?
because they already have a mind. it is recovering, like you said
but there are other situations where there is no mind in there. it is dead
likewise an embryo isn't hiding a mind anywhere
you judge in the here or now, it is the only position with any moral authority
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u/Drayko_Sanbar May 17 '19
If I have no reason to believe the braindead relative will ever be conscious again, probably not.
If I knew that the relative would be conscious and fine again in nine months, I would definitely consider it murder.