The Morality Of An Act Is A

In The Specific Case Of Abortion, The Matter Is Particularly Easy In That No Woman Wants A Late Abortion. Once Abortion Was Made Legal, The Age Of The Aborted Fetus Went Down. The Slope Slipped In The Other Direction. If We Legalize Ru-486 And Other Similar New Drugs, The Age Will Fall To One Week Or Less And Start Approaching Zero. The Slippery Slope Will Slide In The Other Direction. The Only Reason We Have Late Abortions Is Because We Make Early Abortion Difficult.

The Exquisite Sight, Sound, And Smell Of Wilderness Is Many Times More Powerful If It Is Earned Through Physical Achievement, If It Comes At The End Of A Long And Fatiguing Trip For Which Vigorous Good Health Is Necessary. Practically Speaking, This Means That No One Should Be Able To Enter A Wilderness By Mechanical Means.

A Technical Solution May Be Defined As One That Requires A Change Only In The Techniques Of The Natural Sciences, Demanding Little Or Nothing In The Way Of Change In Human Values Or Ideas Of Morality.

Education Can Counteract The Natural Tendency To Do The Wrong Thing, But The Inexorable Succession Of Generations Requires That The Basis For This Knowledge Be Constantly Refreshed.

The Optimum Population Is, Then, Less Than The Maximum.