TheAncientGeek comments on Open thread, Jul. 25 - Jul. 31, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Bound_up 28 July 2016 08:55:34PM 1 point [-]

The mainstream LW idea seems to be that the right to life is based on sentience.

At the same time, killing babies is the go-to example of something awful.

Does everyone think babies are sentient, or do they think that it's awful to kill babies even if they're not sentient for some reason, or what?

Does anyone have any reasoning on abortion besides, Not sentient being, killing it is okay QED (wouldn't that apply to newborns, too?)?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 01 August 2016 10:43:39AM 4 points [-]

Potential sentience had got to count, or it would be ok to kill sleeping peopje