(May 22, 2014 at 8:15 am)Heywood Wrote: I ignored your point because it was superfluous. Is a baby a more developed human being then a zygote? Of course it is. Because the zygote is less developed does it make it not a human being? Of course not....if that were the case 2 year olds would not be human beings.
Interesting. So what is your definition of a human being? Because at the zygote stage, this human being is little more than a few cells isn't it?
(May 22, 2014 at 8:15 am)Heywood Wrote: The notion of a "stronger right to exist" is ludicrous. Either a being has an inalienable right to exist or it does not.
Your words....
(May 22, 2014 at 8:15 am)Heywood Wrote: One reason I value the baby more is because it is cuter than the zygote.
Since you wouldn't be able to actually see the zygote, I have a hard time believing that that is a serious answer.
Lets assume that you could see the zygote, what if the baby was ugly, like deformed ugly?
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