What I consider a relatively rational basis for my position is one I expect only holds among those who broadly share similar moral intuitions. By “assumptions diametrically opposite mine,” I meant someone having an intuition that what would render a fetus worth moral consideration is not based on its capacity for sentience but on it having an immortal soul imbued by God.
That is a rather narrow range of ideas. A benefit of open discussion is that the participants will be exposed to ideas that they would never have thought of themselves.
I’m aware it’s a rather narrow range of ideas but a set of a few standard options being the ones most people adhere to is how it’s represented in popular discourse, which is what I’m going off of as a starting point. It has been established in other comments on my post that isn’t what to go off of. I’ve also mentioned that to be exposed to ideas I may not have thought of myself is part of why I want to have an open discussion on LW. My goal has been to gauge if that’s a discussion any significant portion of the LW user-base is indeed open to having. The best I’ve been able to surmise as an answer thus far is: “yes, if it’s done right.”
That is a rather narrow range of ideas. A benefit of open discussion is that the participants will be exposed to ideas that they would never have thought of themselves.
I’m aware it’s a rather narrow range of ideas but a set of a few standard options being the ones most people adhere to is how it’s represented in popular discourse, which is what I’m going off of as a starting point. It has been established in other comments on my post that isn’t what to go off of. I’ve also mentioned that to be exposed to ideas I may not have thought of myself is part of why I want to have an open discussion on LW. My goal has been to gauge if that’s a discussion any significant portion of the LW user-base is indeed open to having. The best I’ve been able to surmise as an answer thus far is: “yes, if it’s done right.”