Isn’t the original argument here just the Sorites “paradox”?
We don’t care about killing a single fertilized human cell
A human of any age is almost the same as a human of that age minus one minute
Therefore we don’t care about killing a human of any age
This proves too much. No ethical system I’m familiar with holds that because (physical) things change gradually over time, no moral rule can distinguish two things.
Ah, I actually had just came up with that one (am now realizing “original” wasn’t the right word for this one) -- thanks for bringing up this “paradox”!
Isn’t the original argument here just the Sorites “paradox”?
We don’t care about killing a single fertilized human cell
A human of any age is almost the same as a human of that age minus one minute
Therefore we don’t care about killing a human of any age
This proves too much. No ethical system I’m familiar with holds that because (physical) things change gradually over time, no moral rule can distinguish two things.
Ah, I actually had just came up with that one (am now realizing “original” wasn’t the right word for this one) -- thanks for bringing up this “paradox”!