Personhood

[Rahul]

Why? Because it wouldn't be healthy for you? Maybe she copes just fine. That's the thing. Logic doesn't really have to do with applying your own personal emotional experiences to someone else's.

I agree that there is something off about it, but I don't claim to call my opinion logical. It is based purely in emotion.

Why what? Why would it be illogical? Because it's a brainless human body. Keeping such a thing biologically alive is illogical because such a thing would never really be alive. It would never grow up and be a member of society in any shape or form. It would never experience joy or laughter. A severely disabled kid is still a member of society and can make important contributions. A mentally retarded child still laughs and experiences joy. A brainless human body could only contribute through it's death such as organ donation. It would never experience anything personally.

Or do you mean why would it not be psychologically healthy? Because no one has a kid hoping it will be a brainless, breathing human body. They had a child with the hope of watching it grow up, hearing the first word, watching the first step, the laughter, sharing life experiences with a new family member, watching that baby become an adult, etc. When the baby never developed a brain all those hopes and dreams were utterly destroyed as far as this attempt. Keeping it alive would be, I would think, a sign that they weren't accepting that. Not moving on and going through the grieving process would be psychologically unhealthy for anyone.