If the pro-life view is correct, should we prioritize abortion over every other issue in politics and voting? Dustin Crummett argues that the answer is no.
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OUTLINE
0:00 Intro
0:50 Overview
3:30 Body Count Reasoning
8:04 Four notes
13:18 Embryo Rescue Case
19:17 Objection: death vs. unjust killing
20:57 Objection: committing unjust killing
23:25 Objection: cooperating with evil
29:22 Objection: timing of abortion
31:59 Objection: non-inferential beliefs
38:20 Crummett himself
52:02 Conclusion
RESOURCES
(1) Crummett (2023), "Is abortion the only issue?", journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article/id/2270/
(2) McNabb and DeVito's response paper, "Basic Beliefs, the Embryo Rescue Case, and Single-Issue Voting", www.pdcnet.org/ncbq/content/ncbq_2021_0021_0002_0203_0208?file_type=pdf
(3) Debate between @TheCounselofTrent and @dustin.crummett: czcams.com/video/RKfa4vAAaPI/video.htmlsi=uaDtEoQXZ-6-_jgR
(4) Crummett's interview on @going_awoll: czcams.com/video/7m0fSYIWn8g/video.htmlsi=U04p-u-Hc4dzzB8c
(5) My Applied Ethics playlist: czcams.com/play/PLxRhaLyXxXkaYPueOwJRE0CPj6xyIWfxb.html
(6) My Springer book: (a) www.amazon.com/Existential-Inertia-Classical-Theistic-Proofs-ebook/dp/B0BNMHRW63 (b) link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2
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