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Originally Posted by horn
i didn't really understand the OP let alone how this relates to it but you're making some pretty bizzare claims here. utilitarianism isn't the only moral doctrine in philosophy, and if i'm right in thinking by "things" you mean laws in your last sentence, then you're wrong. they aren't based on convenience (atleast not abortion laws)
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it was an example of how this kind of stuff really has no answears and yes, laws are convenience because in one way or the other it tends to be what most people agree upon. People have a sense of (un)fairness so convenience and justice tend to overlap, but for
very different reasons