Abortion debate with Carson Hughes - The Dan Norton Show #12

Carson's channel: @CarsonHughes85 . 0:00 Intro to this episode and to me 0:56 Intro to Carson 1:51 Abortion discussion begins; individuation as a condition of being a human 6:07 What does it take to be individuated? 9:19 What should happen if a viable fetus is inside a dead mother? 15:52 What should happen if a baby is born and then put back inside a dead mother? 19:12 What if a baby is trapped under a pile of people? 21:27 Unrealistic hypotheticals, e.g., Ayn Rand’s immortal robot 25:31 Amputation hypothetical 27:50 The umbilical cord and rights 30:32 Figuring out where to go next: back to the condition of what makes something a human 36:29 Carson’s criterion for being a human 38:45 What if rocks could become humans in the future? Would they have rights? 42:50 A rational spider, Neanderthals et al. 46:04 Scientific vs. philosophic definitions 47:18 A rational spider/mosquito and rights/egoism 49:25 Words, e.g, “zerp” 55:44 Why shouldn’t we protect fetuses? What is the point of rights? 1:00:22 Kids, rights, and emergencies 1:06:21 The purpose of rights and egoism (again) 1:11:46 Adoption in the dead mother case? 1:14:50 Unrealistic hypotheticals and Rand (again) 1:15:57 Closing Recorded on January 24, 2023 My first abortion debate (with Tim Seiler): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa0yOW3FLaw. My second abortion debate (with Harley Dalton): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPDv9CeO600. https://www.patreon.com/DanNorton