RE: To abort or not to abort
March 27, 2014 at 4:08 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2014 at 4:09 am by Jacob(smooth).)
(March 27, 2014 at 3:57 am)Heywood Wrote:(March 27, 2014 at 3:26 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Heywood, I'm interested in the idea that we grant personhood on the basis of potential. If you could expand...
Is a fertilised but unimplanted egg yet a person?
Oh and afraid I'm with the theist. Whilst I recognise that it's uniquely gender based issue I don't feel that one can exclude men from the debate.
Jacob, it is not that we grant personhood on the basis of potential. It is that we grant beings moral protection on the basis of future personhood. I think there is a subtle difference.
In my opinion a zygote is not a person. But remember it doesn't have to be a person to receive moral protection.
Ok, so in your view should a zygote have the same entitlement to protection as an embryo at, say, 5 weeks?
(March 27, 2014 at 3:38 am)tor Wrote: Anyway abort should be allowed but also avoided.
I watched vids and it's pretty fucking disgusting.
Most surgery is.
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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