OhNoYouDont said:
All propositions are binary so actually yes it is black and white. See: Law of the excluded middle. I'd like to understand the pro life position better in a way that isn't contingent upon a particular religion. It seems an important issue to raise in a secular manner; this isn't Jerusalem. |
That's not how the law of the excluded middle works. The law of the excluded midddle simply states that something can not be A and not A simultaneously. If I have an object in my hand it is either a potato or not potato. It can't be both, but that doesn't mean that those are the only ways that the object can be described. The object can be described as not potato, not carrot, not duck, sock, cotton, etc.
In the case of a proposition the proposition can be right or not right. But, that doesn't mean there's not a gray area. Because a proposition can be both not right and not wrong. And that is a pretty gray area.
Not sure why you picked Jerusalem as an example (Israel is a pretty secular state actually), but the prolife secular argument is pretty simple. The baby is a living human, and therefore should not be killed. I don't necessarily agree with that, but it's pretty straight forward.
If you're interested, there is a secular debate that was done on the issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78_V1Z9CO4 I don't think the prolife speaker is especially good, but those are basically the arguments used.
