Episode 26 — How to Prove the Pro-Life Position: Academic Training and Activism with Prof. Scott Klusendorf
Join our conversation with veteran pro-life trainer, activist, and academic Scott Klusendorf as he walks us through some of his training he uses to prove the pro-life position.
“Syllogism, syllogism, syllogism,” says Scott. It’s the three most important words for proving the pro-life position. A syllogism is a deductive argument with two premises.
Premise 1: It is wrong to intentionally kill and innocent human being.
Premise 2: Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being.
Therefore: Abortion is wrong.
The argument is valid. But it’s also sound, according to Scott. The premises are true, and can be defended as such. Anyone can be trained to do so. That’s what Scott has given his life to.
Scott talks about the LA he grew up in, what it was like back then to go to UCLA and Pierce College in the Valley (where I also taught), and ultimately to the story of what event got him initially involved in pro-life academics and activism.
Scott is teaching courses on argumentation and the abortion debate for credit at Cedarville University and South Florida Bible College this summer and also a similar course on
crossexamined.org
For more information on how to support his work, check out https://www.lifetraininginstitute.com
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Welcome, Scott Klusendorf !