PHLB09H3 Lecture : Lecture notes
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A person is invested with huge creative effort-their own, their parents, their culture, nature, We don"t particularly value the outcome of the huge time and effort put in: ex. Where we value the intentions of the creator-they were trying to make something good (for example: or perhaps where the effort is neutral but great (evolution) The tragic: when sacred things are destroyed, it is tragic, ex. The destruction of the library at alexandria by a mob of christians in 391ad. Or the destruction of buddhas of bamiyan by the taliban (2001). Abortion and tragedy: if this is what"s motivating our intuitions, then we might start to get explanations, for why rape is an obvious exception for many people: The creation of the zygote is not the end of a valued process. Rape is not a valued process: for why threat to life of mother is an obvious exception. Then adopted children would do just as well: for companionship:
