Re: Bill Bennett is gambling that no one is listening :)
- From: Thumper <jaylsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:24:05 -0400
On 30 Sep 2005 08:23:41 -0700, "Ernst Blofeld" <blofeld42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>Peter Vos wrote:
>> "I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could
>> -- if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in
>> this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an
>> impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your
>> crime rate would go down. "
>
>So what's your objection, exactly? Bennett was arguing against
>evaluating
>abortion on utilitarian grounds (either for or against, btw). So he
>picked an
>extreme example to illustrate the point, and immediately pointed
>out the argument's moral reprehensibility.
This example would only come to a racist's mind.
Thumper
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