(March 26, 2014 at 7:44 pm)Heywood Wrote:I didn't say it couldn't be defined I said science cannot define it. The closest science can come to defining personhood is telling us when a being is sentient. If you have a sentient human being then I will call it a person. If it's not sentient you cannot prove that it is a person and your lack of evidence showing it to be a person is just as good as evidence showing it to not be a person IMO.(March 26, 2014 at 7:20 pm)Losty Wrote: No wrong. The state has the right to be concerned with children because they are people.
You can scientifically prove what is a human being sure, but science doesn't define personhood.
Suppose I am out hunting in the woods and I see some bushes move and I shoot into those bushes because it might be the kind of animal I am hunting. Sadly...it turns out a 5 year old child is shot dead.
Was it immoral of me to shoot with the intent to kill without knowing what it is I was killing?
In situations where personhood cannot be ascertained....which is your situation as you claim personhood can't be defined....isn't the morally correct course of action to take the safest route?
The inability to define personhood is not an argument for abortion. The inability to define personhood is an argument for life.
Also I swear I am not a practicing board for debate. I suck at debate. I have zero formal education (for now). I want to be off talking about sexiness.
I do not believe abortion is wrong. You cannot change my mind on this subject.