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.
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