Age of death is a non-issue for me, it's still a human being deserving as much life as providence/chance allows. The relief of pain and human suffering is another issue entirely. The Tay-Sachs example presents a thorny moral dilemma and I think reasonable people can disagree on such an extreme case. Here, I'm a bit more forgiving. In dealing with personal end-of-life care, the approach we took was allow our loved one to gradually increase morphine for pain management even until the medicine reached a lethal dose. I'm not saying it was the right decision, but how can you just outright kill another?
However, the general article sets no conditions on infanticide. It argues that an arbitrary standard of "personhood" replace the very clear standard of being human. They are trying to define away the humanity of helpless children. It's depraved and inhuman.
However, the general article sets no conditions on infanticide. It argues that an arbitrary standard of "personhood" replace the very clear standard of being human. They are trying to define away the humanity of helpless children. It's depraved and inhuman.
