(July 31, 2013 at 7:35 am)littleendian Wrote:(July 30, 2013 at 4:54 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: As I said, it's open to discussion. If I was charging into a burning building to save the life of a child or a cat, I would save the life of the child. Sometimes these rules have some grey area.Wouldn't a rational justification for this (superficially seen speciest) behaviour be the difference in potential for a more developed consciousness which the child has but the cat less so? And doesn't the unborn fetus have that same potential?
Babble. While true our consciousness is a manifestation of biological processes, this has nothing at all to do with the bullshit arguments pro birthers use.
Bottom line for me is that if it is not your body and especially if you are not going to raise the kid, then it is none of your business.