We are animals.
We have higher intellect.
We are animals.
We have higher intellect.
A fetus will become a human, something an animal will never be.
Your one liners aren't really contributing to anything.A fetus is a human.
Yes, a fetus is a human, it has the same DNA as a human, thus it biologically is one, the question is whether it deserves the right to life, and whether it's right to life should 'override' the mother's right to her body and privacy.Your one liners aren't really contributing to anything.
As for the issue, no I do not think a fetus is a human being. It will only become one. To compare a zygote, or a fetus in the first stages to a living, breathing human being...I can't really comprehend it. I could care less if it has a soul or not. :/ Souls are not a valid reason to make something illegal or not.
And a pro abortion person would argue that a woman's body is her property and being forced to carry a baby is violating the right to liberty. I'm personally undecided on the issue.Life, liberty, and property (estate). Killing a fetus has nothing to do with your body anyway.
A fetus is a human.
Life, liberty, and property (estate). Killing a fetus has nothing to do with your body anyway.
Yes, a fetus is a human, it has the same DNA as a human, thus it biologically is one, the question is whether it deserves the right to life, and whether it's right to life should 'override' the mother's right to her body and privacy.
And a pro abortion person would argue that a woman's body is her property and being forced to carry a baby is violating the right to liberty. I'm personally undecided on the issue.
1. If nobody owns themselves then why isn't slavery legal?1. Property, aka buildings
2. No one has the right to kill another.
You own yourself, but not when it violates the rights of others. I can own a gun, but I can't use that right and shoot others.
I only wrote it that way because some faith traditions have a much more generous definition of "alive" and "sentient".Requiem's Eclipse said:Well, a sponge technically has no brain or nervous system so it's not a sentient as one may think. It's only classified as an animal because it's ability to eat and reproduce a tad of topic but whatever.
Indeed, every so often I read an article where it's basically "OMG ... this animal isn't stupid like we just sort of assumed!"Farmermon said:scientists claim their brains aren't as smart, but just cuz the brain is smaller in some areas makes no difference! compare a desktop to a laptop
Well, they outnumber us and will have little trouble surviving (except for the ones we domesticated ... they might have a hard time) when we're gone. We don't rule the world. We have our ecological niche, but any superiority is all in our head.starliteevee said:And do you honestly beleive animals rule the world?
Not in the womb. If this is as much criteria as I'm going to get out of you, then our willingness to kill anything that doesn't have higher intellect is perfectly fine. Should we just go with IQ? Should we go with some other intelligence test to give babies and other life forms a chance to succeed? If animals are smarter than some humans, should we protect them and never kill them?dave said:We have higher intellect
I only wrote it that way because some faith traditions have a much more generous definition of "alive" and "sentient".
Indeed, every so often I read an article where it's basically "OMG ... this animal isn't stupid like we just sort of assumed!"
Well, they outnumber us and will have little trouble surviving (except for the ones we domesticated ... they might have a hard time) when we're gone. We don't rule the world. We have our ecological niche, but any superiority is all in our head.
Not in the womb. If this is as much criteria as I'm going to get out of you, then our willingness to kill anything that doesn't have higher intellect is perfectly fine. Should we just go with IQ? Should we go with some other intelligence test to give babies and other life forms a chance to succeed? If animals are smarter than some humans, should we protect them and never kill them?
A fetus will become a human, something an animal will never be. And do you honestly beleive animals rule the world? I do think they ought to be here because it's their planet as much as ours but they are not above humans.