facts, science, muck and what ought to be done
Yoshie Furuhashi
furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Fri Feb 4 08:03:33 PST 2000
Ken wrote:
>I agree, it isn't a moral issue in the Habermasian sense of moral - it's a
>question of power. But it is a moral issue in a sense, but not for the reason
>Habermas gives (ie. not in the general interest). My moral interests
>*include*
>issues of the good life - We should be working toward living in a world where
>no pregnancy is a tragedy. So it is a moral issue insofar as morality has
>something to do with particular visions of a good life. But not a moral
>issue
>in terms of blind justice.
Why do men -- or even women like Catherine MacKinnon & Adrienne Rich for
that matter -- think that in a just society "where no pregnancy is a
tragedy" there won't be any abortion?
Yoshie
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