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Can Atheists Ground the Claim That Abortion Is Wrong? (Video)
If a pro-life atheist doesn’t believe in a Moral Law Giver, can their view be consistent?
A Secular Argument for Intrinsic Human Value
If we can convince people our value comes not from the abilities we’re expressing at a particular moment in time but from the kind of being we are...then a case for universal intrinsic human value can be made.
Links Mentioned on the 8/26/14 Show
The following are links that were either mentioned on this week's show or inspired by it, as posted live on the @STRtweets Twitter feed:
Links Mentioned on the 8/19/14 Show
The following are links that were either mentioned on this week's show or inspired by it, as posted live on the @STRtweets Twitter feed:
Links Mentioned on the 8/13/13 Show
The following are links that were either mentioned on this week's show or inspired by it, as posted live on the @STRtweets Twitter feed:
The Morality of Cloning (Video)
What should Christians think about the morality of cloning?
More to Consider Than Interests
Jay Watts has an excellent post arguing against the utilitarian idea that we only have ethical obligations toward a human being if he has obtained consciousness and is aware of his interests.
Merely Being Human...Does Anyone Seriously Argue This Alone Gives Value?
by Steve Wagner Some abortion-choice advocates argue against the pro-life position by saying that mere membership in a species (e.g. the human species) cannot ground someone's right to life. For most pro-life advocates, however, this is a straw man. Very few pro-life advocates claim that merely being a member of a species is the thing makes one valuable. For example, many pro-life advocates ultimately appeal to God as the value-Giver.
Shvarts Art Puts Yale in a Tough Spot...
by Steve Wagner ...and keeps the dialogue hot. The saga I described on Friday included a new episode over the weekend. Yale University, frustrated that Aliza Shvarts won't recant on the truthfulness of her abortion-as-art senior project, has decided that either she must say the whole thing is a performance art fiction or she can't display the project.
Should Abortion Be Used for Personal Artistic Expression?
by Steve Wagner Yesterday, Yale University's Daily News published a story on a controversial senior art project in which the student, Aliza Shvarts, claimed to have artificially inseminated herself and induced abortion "as often as possible " in a nine month period.