Ierrellus wrote: I agree with Spinoza on pantheism.
Sure, if you are content to stop at what Spinoza believed about pantheism, fine. But what about the part where what he believed about pantheism, he was actually able to demonstrate is in fact true. The part that, with oblivion right around the corner, is of far more interest to me.
Ierrellus wrote: So, if we are all in this life together, there can be no room for conflicting goods. If we realize we are integral parts of an ecosystem, there will be no moral excuse for conflicting goods. If we love one another, the particular instances of conflict, which you would prefer to discuss, would be mere distractions from knowledge of the greater good.
Well, in the broadest sense -- birth, school, work, death -- we are all in this together. But there have been, are now and probably always will be conflicting goods galore! And while the evolution of life paved the way for those of our species to love, it also paved the way for an array of other mental, emotional and psychological states as well. Depending on the historical, cultural and experiential context. And who can count how many of them there have been. And just so far.
Ierrellus wrote: My opinion on abortion:
Since I have no uterus, I have really no right to tell anyone else what to do with theirs. I do have opinions that abortion might be a practical matter in cases of rape, incest or whether the mother's life is at stake. My main problem with anti- abortionists is that they would not claim and support the unwanted child. Only Mother Teresa said she would take the unwanted babies.
I think human life begins with a fertilized egg. So much for opinion.
Is this opinion of yours derived from your opinion of progressive Christianity? And isn't the opinion of progressive Christians derived from what they surmise Christ [God of the New Testament] would do?
Or is it all more "complicated": https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... st/590293/
Now, my own approach to this personal opinion of yours here would revolve instead around the arguments I make on this thread: https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/viewtop ... 1&t=194382
The OP in particular. Here I explore the evolution of my own views on abortion given the actual existential trajectory of my life.