tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post3397154010626012838..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Relating Religion and ImmoralityAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-16550446530468674902011-01-26T05:13:40.795-07:002011-01-26T05:13:40.795-07:00We do not have an obligation to those who might so...We do not have an obligation to those who might someday exist.<br /><br />We have obligations to those who will exist.<br /><br />Value exists as a relationship between states of affairs and desires. Desires that will not exist will not create value. Desires that will not exist create no value.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-24323240393458100672011-01-25T19:42:18.222-07:002011-01-25T19:42:18.222-07:00While I agree with your sentiment, I don't agr...While I agree with your sentiment, I don't agree with with the idea that we have a moral obligation to those that *might* someday exist.<br /><br />Does a woman have an obligation towards the child that does not exist, making abortion immoral? Or does it create the duty to have as many children as possible? The votes of the not-yet-living must surely outnumber us all, if they are to be considered as having a legitimate voice.<br /><br />We didn't ask for lots of things, including the last generations debt. From the day we're born we exist under rules we had no say in, duties we didn't ask for, and rights we didn't request. <br /><br />If you don't exist you don't have rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com