re: #153 changomo

James,

nice perspective - I never looked at it that way.

Thanks for your viewpoint.

However, your analogy misses one key element. Human B created the conditions Human A *would* be required to rely on Human B for existence - if your analogy is valid - there would be no moral expectation that parents feed/clothe/support their children until they are 18.

In fact many do not meet this obligation, and these children become warrants of the state.

Except that here’ is the problem…

How do you know that human be was created the conditions intentionally?

In our society we are allowed to put children up for adoption without it being a crime.

Thus clearly society is willing to let people wash their hands of those they should be looking after, they just are not allowed to mistreat those they have agreed to look after.

A woman getting an abortion is washing her hands of the situation and refusing to look after a child just like a woman giving the child up for adoption is….