Showing posts with label moral issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moral issues. Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2023

Are moral issues complex?

Human Personhood Begins at Conception 

Non-Christians and even Christians can take opposite positions on abortion even when they think rationally, honestly, and with good will. The continuing controversy over abortion shows that it is a truly controversial issue. It is not simple and clear cut, but complex. Just as the choices for action are often difficult for a woman contemplating abortion, the choices for thought are often difficult for open-minded philosophers.

Then Kreeft goes on to say: 

Everything I have said so far is a lie.

 

And then this: 

Moral issues are always terribly complex, said Chesterton – for someone without principles