tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post3738631346568402393..comments2023-10-30T01:52:04.961-07:00Comments on Miniver Cheevy: Moral imaginationJonathan Kormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-67526114840994631852007-02-17T08:41:00.000-08:002007-02-17T08:41:00.000-08:00There's an old joke in pro-choice circles, that ev...There's an old joke in pro-choice circles, that everyone agrees that there are three situations in which an abortion is morally acceptable without any ambiguity.<BR/><BR/>1. Rape<BR/>2. Incest<BR/>3. MeJonathan Kormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249159323930786199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6216910.post-36156845167734442772007-02-16T14:36:00.000-08:002007-02-16T14:36:00.000-08:00Until it happens to them or someone they know, in ...<I>Until it happens to them or someone they know, in which case they never question their philosophy as a whole but merely apply a special exemption to whichever particular problem or risk to which they have personally been exposed.</I><BR/><BR/>There's actually some interesting writing out there about anti-abortion protesters who find themselves saddled with an unwanted pregnancy and who get abortions. Generally, they insist that theirs is a special exception, their circumstances simply don't allow them to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term. Yet, they're often right back on the picket line outside the abortion clinic (often the very abortion clinic they used) within days. They must miss the gene that allows you to realize, "Oh, those other women feel the same way about their pregnancies." It's weird.Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.com