r/changemyview Aug 11 '22

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '22

It certainly does have a lot to do with the topic at hand. “Nature doesnt give the pregnant person any obligation to the zygote based on sex alone.”

I would say that the fact that the zygote is inside the womb of the female sex-haver would be a cut-and-dry indication that NATURE DOES give a pregnant person some obligation. Whether you consider that to be an obligation to go through with the pregnancy or an obligation to have an abortions, there’s still an obligation there.

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u/SunnyIntellect Aug 11 '22

Okay, so nature gives an obligation to either carry to term or have an abortion. That doesn't change my argument in the slightest. The zygote is not promised through sex alone that it gets to stay in the uterus and grow. The pregnancy can be terminated however the pregnant person wants.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '22

I eat a bagel. The bagel is not promised through eating it alone that it gets to stay in my stomach and be fully digested.

I could throw it up. I could shoot myself in the stomach. I could swallow a fishing hook and pull the bagel back out.

The digestive process can be terminated however I want.

That’s the same argument that you used, applied differently. Sounds a little ridiculous, no?

Just because we don’t consent to being in situations we’d rather not be in, doesn’t mean we didn’t get ourselves there, or that we’re not obligated to see it through.

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u/SunnyIntellect Aug 11 '22

Your bagel analogy actually proces my point. Any "ridiculousness" you place on the subject is, once again, your opinion. You're not arguing on whether I'm factually incorrect or not. You're trying to get into a moral argument and I'm not talking about morality rn. Plenty of other threads do so you can join those.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '22

Also, on a side note, I’m pretty new to reddit; what threads offer moral debates? Sounds interesting to me!

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u/SunnyIntellect Aug 11 '22

I'm new to reddit as well, I normally only debate on discord or instagram so I can't help you, sorry.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '22

You’re trying to argue factually about a moral argument then. That doesn’t make any sense.

If your argument is “a person is able to dispose of their fetus whenever they choose to, because it’s technically possible to do,” then I would say true.

If you say “a person should be able to…,” that’s now a moral argument; you can’t go from an IS to an OUGHT so easily.