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==So-called "positive goods"==
 
==So-called "positive goods"==
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[[John C. Calhoun]] and other racist Southern Democrats in his day upheld the system of slavery, arguing that slavery provides food, shelter, and stability for the slaves, thus somehow benefiting them. They also furthered argued that slavery prevents unemployment by putting blacks to work and thus prevents so-called anarchy and bloodshed.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/us/27f.asp 27f. The Southern Argument for Slavery]</ref><ref>[https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/clyde-wilson-library/john-c-calhoun-and-slavery-as-a-positive-good-what-he-said/ John C. Calhoun and Slavery as a “Positive Good:” What He Said]</ref> Note how this argument is uncannily similar to the modern-day progressive argument on how abortion somehow benefits the aborted on the basis that "otherwise they would be forced to endure a world of misery". Some even go on to argue that abortion somehow reduces crime as it supposedly stops most criminals from being born. (argument debunked, see [https://www.lifenews.com/2012/10/26/does-abortion-really-reduce-crime-another-look-at-freakonomics/ this link])
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[[John C. Calhoun]] and other racist Southern Democrats in his day upheld the system of slavery, arguing that slavery provides food, shelter, and stability for the slaves, thus somehow benefiting them. They also further argued that slavery prevents unemployment by putting blacks to work and thus prevents so-called anarchy and bloodshed.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/us/27f.asp 27f. The Southern Argument for Slavery]</ref><ref>[https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/clyde-wilson-library/john-c-calhoun-and-slavery-as-a-positive-good-what-he-said/ John C. Calhoun and Slavery as a “Positive Good:” What He Said]</ref> Note how this argument is uncannily similar to the modern-day progressive argument on how abortion somehow benefits the aborted on the basis that "otherwise they would be forced to endure a world of misery". Some even go on to argue that abortion somehow reduces crime as it supposedly stops most criminals from being born. (argument debunked, see [https://www.lifenews.com/2012/10/26/does-abortion-really-reduce-crime-another-look-at-freakonomics/ this link])
    
==Legality vs. morality==
 
==Legality vs. morality==
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