From: Timothy Bates (tbates@karri.bhs.mq.edu.au)
Date: Tue Mar 16 1999 - 22:21:40 MST
>> I do not believe that a particular position on abortion, for or against,
>> should be part of the Extropian political principles. When does a cell
>> mass stop being an embryo and start being a sentient being? This is a
>> question of neurology and nothing else.
If that is the reason, then the extropian position should be "abortion of
non-sentient life is OK" Neurology can then define the impact, but extropy
has a stance.
In fact, the real reason for no policy is that, as stated clearly in this
forum, extropy is a pragmatic philosophy with no fixed moral platform.
I am seeking to develop an alternative, but, as yet, will confess to having
not succeeded.
tim
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