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Comment author: dlthomas 04 January 2012 07:37:20PM 4 points [-]

If you do think both of the above things, then my task is either to understand why you don't feel that infanticide should be legal or to point out that perhaps you really would agree that infanticide should be legal if you stopped and seriously considered the proposition for a bit.

I'm not certain whether or not it's germane to the broader discussion, but "think X is immoral" and "think X should be illegal" are not identical beliefs.

Comment author: Bakkot 04 January 2012 07:41:09PM *  1 point [-]

Oh, agreed, and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. A lot of people in this thread seem to have concluded that while infanticide might not be immoral in itself it should be illegal for reasons to do with Schelling points or increased risk of developing sadistic tendencies. These are perfectly good reasons to not feel that infanticide should be legal despite agreeing with both propositions I listed.

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