Bill Burr on abortion
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Rape is not a legitimizing factor. It only seems that way because society is currently geared towards whatever is most convenient for the woman instead of what is moral.
I don’t see how someone wanting you or not changes the value of your life. Either your life has value independently of your guardian’s desires, or people should be able to kill orphans since they aren’t wanted either.
It’s only a subjective problem if you don’t believe in morality. If you are a Christian, it’s not subjective at all.
That's my point. Morality is subjective by definition, and I'm not a Christian, and I don't assert objective morality because it's not true.
Christians assert objective morality because most religions do. That doesn't make it true. That doesn't mean Moral Relativism is correct, because it's not even a valid ethic. But it doesn't make morality not subjective.
I guess the most important question for you is: what does change the value of life?
Can you define morality? I assume you believe there is an objective reality, along with an objective truth, but let me know if I'm wrong about that.
Yes, objective reality and truth exist (it's impossible to actually get to some kind of 100% certain objective truth or understanding of reality, but we know reality exists independent of our interpretation or perception of it).
I'm using morality to define: the underlying philosophical foundations of people or individuals that inform their choices on creating social ethics for operating within a society.