... is a person and hence deserves person-rights) - 2nd clever style of argument: pulls up presuppositions. The conservative claim that sex becomes cheapened and perverted by porn seems to rely on a particular conception of sex that is not shared by everyone (perhaps by no one other than the conservatives themselves!) - Fear of conservatives: that people will merely use one another for sex. Berger claims that this is unlikely ... faith: blaming something other than you own free will for the actions that you take. This includes God, reason, the causal forces of physics etc. Aquinas: Aquinas ...

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... "without restriction as to reason". Induced abortion has a long history. They have been performed by various methods, including herbal medicines, the use of sharpened tools, physical trauma, and other traditional methods since ancient times. The laws surrounding abortion, how frequently they are performed, and their cultural and religious status vary a great deal around the world. In some contexts, abortion is legal based on specific conditions, such as ... Egypt with its Ebers Papyrus, and the Roman Empire in the time of Juvenal . Aristotle, in his treatise on government Politics, cond...

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... pro-lifer would hold that from the moment of conception, the embryo or fetus is alive and therefore, the fetus exclusion is murder. The coexistence of opposite and conflicting feelings about abortion is centuries old. Disagreements between public policy, morality and individual behavior on this issue existed even at the time of Plato and Aristotle. In the past few decades abortion issue has ... Attitudes toward abortion became more liberal in the 20th cent. By the 1970s, abortion had been legalized in most European countries and Japan; in the United States, under a 1973 Supreme Court ru...

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