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...positive indication of being in the spotlight. “I think he made the right decision,” Kaplan says. “He wrote a New York Times bestseller that ended up being made into a Hollywood blockbuster. Can’t say he did anything wrong.” In spite of this controversy, or perhaps because of it, there is a growing interest in blackjack. Irvine has an HBO drama series and a reality show currently in development. Kaplan, who has been retired from blackjack for decades, has seen more modest gains...
...Many proponents argue that abortion must remain legal; it is wrong to impose one’s personal morality on the masses through the law, even if one believes that abortion is morally wrong or questionable...
...answer, of course is simple: to legalize abortion is to put a seal of moral acceptability on the procedure. It is inconsistent to view the procedure as morally wrong, yet advocate for its legality in the name of personal choice. This tenuous position advocates the legality of a procedure that—if it is morally wrong—is wrong because it destroys human life. To some, other contentious issues, such as drinking alcohol, might be considered wrong, but not because of their effect on an innocent third party. Thus, even those who view drinking as wrong can advocate...
...Certainly, one may consistently view the procedure as one without any morally questionable aspects, and argue that it should be legal. However, the intellectual incompatibility arises when one allows for the possibility that abortion is wrong, yet argues that women should have access to it because it is their right to choose. If a woman feels that abortion is wrong for her, that is because she feels that it takes a life, or at least the potential for a life. She must then hold that abortion is wrong for others, for the fact that the procedure is being done...
...only way to maintain consistency between the morality and legality of abortion. Abraham Lincoln made this same argument when he responded to Stephen Douglas in their famous debates. Douglas supported federal neutrality on the slavery issue, while claiming to be personally ambivalent on whether slavery was right or wrong, which Lincoln called an untenable moral position. Lincoln argued that it was only reasonable for the federal government to remain neutral on the morality of slavery if it viewed slavery as morally acceptable. As Lincoln said, it would be easy for someone who did not view slavery as wrong to advocate...