RE: Abortion/Consciousness/Life
August 25, 2014 at 2:04 pm
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2014 at 2:10 pm by bennyboy.)
What is this abortion thread adding that the other fucking 100+ page thread wasn't addressing? Seriously.
I'd love to see a copy of your diploma, because I'm calling bullshit. And I know what I'm talking about, because I have a joint PhD from Harverd and Yayl in Merdology.
(August 24, 2014 at 11:43 pm)answer-is-42 Wrote: I'm ACTUALLY AN MD so let me clear up some confusion. First you have tried to confused autonomic nervous system with high order function. It is unfortunately not uncommon for all higher order activity to be destroyed, yet the autonomic system is intact (breathing in particular - the heart has it's own automaticity that is not intrinisically dependent on the autonomics). Next, our understanding of general anesthesia is incomplete (it truely is) but it is NOT the same as sleeping - most if not all higher order function are or can be shut down with certain anesthestics. therefore the question is legit - is the presense of consciousness required to be considered human or have human rights? If it is not then this cannot be extrapolated back to justify why a fetus does not have human rights. This does not mean that abortion is intrisinically right or wrong, only the fallicy of defining a charastic that is required for human rights.How do you become an MD with such a weak grasp of medical ethics and the fundaments of philosophy-- or even of basic spelling and grammar?
I'd love to see a copy of your diploma, because I'm calling bullshit. And I know what I'm talking about, because I have a joint PhD from Harverd and Yayl in Merdology.
