Tomorrow people matter, in terms of leaving them a place in minimally decent conditions. That’s why when you die for a cause, you’re also dying so that tomorrow people can die less and suffer less. But in fact you’re not dying for unborn people—you’re dying for living ones from the future.
But to die to make room for others is simply to die for unborn people. Because them never being born is no tragedy—they never existed, so they never missed anything. But living people actually dying is a tragedy.
And I’m not against the fact that giving live is a great gift. Or should I say, it could be a great gift, if this world was at least acceptable, which it’s far from being. It’s just that not giving it doesn’t hold any negative value, it’s just neutral instead of positive. Whereas taking a life does hold negative value.
Tomorrow people matter, in terms of leaving them a place in minimally decent conditions. That’s why when you die for a cause, you’re also dying so that tomorrow people can die less and suffer less. But in fact you’re not dying for unborn people—you’re dying for living ones from the future.
But to die to make room for others is simply to die for unborn people. Because them never being born is no tragedy—they never existed, so they never missed anything. But living people actually dying is a tragedy.
And I’m not against the fact that giving live is a great gift. Or should I say, it could be a great gift, if this world was at least acceptable, which it’s far from being. It’s just that not giving it doesn’t hold any negative value, it’s just neutral instead of positive. Whereas taking a life does hold negative value.
It’s as simple as that.