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Module 7: Bodily Rights Arguments

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Josh, Tim and Jacob discuss the things they generally do when people “bite the bullet,” or accept the awful natural conclusion of their argument.

In parts two and three of this series we’ll discuss specific examples as well as how to think about the situation that happens sometimes when someone bites the bullet and then confidently walks away before you can respond.

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Josh, Tim and Jacob continue their discussion, but now get into specific examples:

  • People who argue that squirrels are equally valuable as humans;
  • People who bite the bullet on the Thalidomide cases;
  • People who say that Carl should be allowed to kick Russel off the porch in “Up.”

In part three of this series we’ll discuss how to respond to hardcore relativists and people who bite the infanticide bullet as well as how to think about the situation that happens sometimes when someone bites the bullet and then confidently walks away before you can respond.

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Download Audio MP3 | 01:00:49

Josh, Tim and Jacob continue their discussion, ending with these specific examples:

  • People who argue that newborns don’t have a right to life;
  • Responding to hardcore relativists

Finally they discuss how we ought to think about the situation that happens sometimes when someone bites the bullet and then confidently walks away before you can respond.

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Download Audio MP3 | 01:14:01

While Rachel Crawford was in town we spontaneously decided to record some improvised roleplay dialogues as well as some post-roleplay commentary. Nothing was scripted out, but it ended up going really well so we decided to turn them into podcast episodes. In this episode you’ll hear Rachel play the pro-choice side against Tim twice, as well as our discussions afterward about what Tim did well and what could have been better.

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Download Audio MP3 | 00:51:04

While Rachel Crawford was in town we spontaneously decided to record some improvised roleplay dialogues as well as some post-roleplay commentary. Nothing was scripted out, but it ended up going really well so we decided to turn them into podcast episodes. In this episode you’ll hear Tim play the pro-choice side against Josh, as well as our discussions afterward about what Josh did well and what could have been better.

 

 


Download Audio MP3 | 00:43:37

While Rachel Crawford was in town we spontaneously decided to record some improvised roleplay dialogues as well as some post-roleplay commentary. Nothing was scripted out, but it ended up going really well so we decided to turn them into podcast episodes. In this episode you’ll hear Tim play the pro-choice side against Rachel, as well as our discussions afterward about what Rachel did well and what could have been better.

 

 


Download Audio MP3 | 01:41:24

Josh, Tim, and Rachel sit down to discuss the James Franco/Liz Harman video about abortion that was mocked mercilessly by pro-life organizations and advocates recently. We agree with a few conservative philosophers who believe that while Harman’s pro-choice argument is wrong, it’s not as stupid as it sounds. We believe Harman did a bad job explaining her argument in the video. So in this episode, we work hard to understand Harman’s actual views and respond to them instead of strawmanning them.

This is certainly the most philosophical podcast episode we’ve recorded to date. If you’re not interested in getting deep into the weeds with us on Harman’s argument, we’d still like to encourage you to listen to the first and last sections of this episode, where we discuss the problems with the pro-life movement’s general response to this video. Those sections are 00:00 to 21:15, and 1:20:50 to the end.

If you haven’t watched the video of James Franco’s interview with Liz Harman, please watch it before you listen to this podcast:

 

Here is Harman’s definition of the Actual Future Principle: “An early fetus that will become a person has some moral status. An early fetus that will die while it is still an early fetus has no moral status.”

Here are the five intuitions that Harman agrees with and believes that her Actual Future Principle helps to explain:

  1. That some early fetuses are the appropriate objects of caring attitudes;
  2. That some early fetuses are the kinds of things we are prohibited from harming;
  3. That it is understandable to be upset be an early miscarriage;
  4. That the position of a woman genuinely unsure whether she will abort her pregnancy is unique;
  5. That it is reasonable to regret an abortion when one does not regret the choice to abort.

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