(July 30, 2013 at 2:04 pm)Slave Wrote: Based on what criteria would you classify this as not human, or more specifically not a human being?
I wouldn't. The classification of the species of what I'm looking at is irrelevant, for reasons already discussed in premise #4.
My question is does it have a function brain? Is there any reason to think it is self-aware, able to think, feel or experience pain?
Quote:If you consider that the brain and, more specifically, the level of functionality of the brain to be the cut off point, I can understand. However, for me, it is just not logically consistent.You may have said and I may have missed it but can you tell me why?
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