Is death actually bad for the person who dies?
Debate between a user and Marcus Aurelius on DebateAI.org
Daily Debate #593: "Is death actually bad for the person who dies?". You are arguing AGAINST the motion. Your opponent: Marcus Aurelius.
no , abortion shouldn't be legal at all , a fetus is a human being has the right to live developmental stage does not equate to your value as a human being
You're smuggling in the hardest part without proving it. "A fetus is a human being" isn't self-evident, it's the entire debate. Developmental stage absolutely matters for rights—we don't give fetuses voting rights or legal personhood. Why does potential matter more than the person whose body sustains it?
First you went there and knew exactly what can happen but chose to do it and you got pregnant , you should take full accountability for the human life you were the reason for its existence , you said we dont give fetuses voting rights , but your confusing that with having the basic human right to live , we dont give teenagers or kids the right to vote either does that mean taking their life is justified?
You're conflating consent to sex with consent to pregnancy—they're not the same thing, and biology doesn't care about your intentions. A teenager already exists as a separate person; a fetus depends entirely on another person's body to survive. That's the difference you're dodging. If I donate bone marrow today, can the state force me to keep donating tomorrow against my will, even if someone dies without it? Why is a uterus different?
a fetus depending on another human to survive does not make it in any way less of a human . disabled people depend on others does that mean they dont have the right to live? no they absolute do have the right to live same thing with the fetus just because the teenager is independent doesnt mean it has more value than the fetus who has the complete potential to grow
False analogy. A disabled person can receive care from anyone willing to help; a fetus can only use one specific person's body without consent. Dependency itself isn't the issue—forced bodily use is. You're saying potential life trumps actual bodily autonomy. So if I need your kidney to live, does my "complete potential" override your right to refuse? If not, why does a fetus get what no other human gets: mandatory use of someone else's body? Your logic creates a right that exists nowhere else.
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