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KvP:
--- Quote from: zerodrone on 28 Jan 2008, 15:30 ---"We" have no "evidence" that "God" exists? I'm sorry, I'll tell the billions of people on the planet who have had personal spiritual and/or religious experiences that they don't count since they didn't have them under a microscope.
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AD POPULUM NYUH NYUH NYUH
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: John Curtin on 28 Jan 2008, 15:06 ---
* 3. Let's reject the example and consider the conjoined twins example properly. The only 'extremely easy' answer given was to ask the twins to decide for themselves. Seriously, what the hell. They're newborn babies for a start and thus have no powers of communication, and secondly how is it ethical to ask someone to decide to kill their brother or sister? Are they to use the golden rule? How do they use the golden rule here?
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You didn't say they were babies, since we're discussing morality I presumed you were talking about moral agents. I've already explained very well how the golden rule could be applied in that situation. I also fail to see an ethical problem in leaving matters of life and death in the hands of those it will most directly effect. I do see an ethical problem in other people taking over and making those decisions for them.
For your new example of them being babies it's simple. Let's presume a doctor is to make the decision. She picks the baby with the best chance of survival. Why? Because if in that situation herself she'd hope her doctor was a compassionate, unbiased woman and act accordingly.
Your examples don't seem to hinge on a problem with the golden rule but rather a problem with an action which results in something you define as death as ever being able to be a moral one.
Jackie Blue:
Nope, not Ad Populum, as I wasn't saying that "God" exists because billions of people think he/it does.
KvP:
Still, the sentiment seems shaky to me. Is it the sheer number of religious experiences that make them valid evidence in a discussion about God?
Jackie Blue:
Well, yes, just as the sheer number of people who like a certain band make it interesting for them to discuss said band.
Not seeing the problem here.
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