Quote "It is sentience we respect and have moral obligations toward, not genetics."
Yes that is what I was trying to say, when the embryo develops awareness, is when I consider it to become a "person".
Yes that is what I was trying to say, when the embryo develops awareness, is when I consider it to become a "person".
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true - Carl Sagan