1. Abortion is intrinsically evil. We’ve already established that it is not intrinsically evil for the government to help folks with health insurance for their kids.
Many people deceive themselves morally by reasoning from a morally permissible circumstance to one that is similar, but not morally permissible.
2. Unfortunately, in the case of abortion, the law IS a moral teacher. I don’t know about you, but I’ve run into so many people, even church-going Catholics, who partially justify access to abortion because it is legal. Screwy to me - sorta backwards.
I was taught that legalism as a moral system is fundamentally logically flawed. I guess some folks missed school the day that was covered.
By making an evil act "lawful," the law normalizes behavior, even the most monstrous behavior.
The law is a moral teacher, even when it teaches what is evil.
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Many people deceive themselves morally by reasoning from a morally permissible circumstance to one that is similar, but not morally permissible.
Now, you're dabbling in sophistry and self deception. My only point here is to demonstrate that your view of legal is woefully insufficient to justify actions.
2. Unfortunately, in the case of abortion, the law IS a moral teacher. I don’t know about you, but I’ve run into so many people, even church-going Catholics, who partially justify access to abortion because it is legal. Screwy to me - sorta backwards.
No, the law is NOT always a moral teacher and I find it puzzling that a man of your obvious talents can not see that. The lesson of Roe V Wade and Doe v Bolton is not a moral one but an amoral one, that being that unborn human beings are not human beings at all but simply lumps of tissue to be dispensed with as one would a set of tonisils. The lesson is both amoral and scientific nonsense.
The law is a moral teacher, even when it teaches what is evil.
This is what I mean by sophistry. Only a sophist would make such a claim. Moral and evil are not synonyms sitetest, not now or ever. The law can be moral, amoral or immoral which all have vastly different meanings.