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Some important points made on a number of themes, above. For the moment, I'll adhere to the one I have started.
Thanks for spelling out your position more, there, Haru-san`sTeiraa san. (May I address you as HT, to save time, please? MM is fine with me.) Now as you had, in a moment of wondering in your previous post, asked if I 'were going to tell you that a fetus wasn't an animate entity,' I would respond that we need not worry about that so much at first. Additionally, and quite the opposite (in a way), I will argue that life is a basis of systems that build entities (animate/in~)) and that it it more realistic to focus on sentience and self-survival ability when giving consideration to the jurisdiction of individual being.
I will lay out my general position here (as you have in above posts), and then argue the support for it, and expound on it, as we go.
This will be one very good area to start with. Primarily, because it is not nearly as neat and simple as it might be thought to be. I'll go into that as soon as I get the chance...as always, I'm quite busy. Thanks. MM
Thanks for spelling out your position more, there, Haru-san`sTeiraa san. (May I address you as HT, to save time, please? MM is fine with me.) Now as you had, in a moment of wondering in your previous post, asked if I 'were going to tell you that a fetus wasn't an animate entity,' I would respond that we need not worry about that so much at first. Additionally, and quite the opposite (in a way), I will argue that life is a basis of systems that build entities (animate/in~)) and that it it more realistic to focus on sentience and self-survival ability when giving consideration to the jurisdiction of individual being.
I will lay out my general position here (as you have in above posts), and then argue the support for it, and expound on it, as we go.
Up to a point in the development of an embryo (which itself will be some 8 weeks into gestation) I aruge that to terminate pregnancy is the full, natural right of the individual woman. I hold that point to be up to around 14 weeks. I hold that up until this general point, society ought not have the right to demand an act on any pregant woman's behalf against her will.
I argue that to abort a foetus (under around 8 weeks into gestation) is an act of killing a living entity extending from a separate living entity. This should not be seen as murder because we are only looking at the destruction of internal systems.
To abort a embryo (under that basic 14 week mark) can only be seen as murder if the particular case can be shown to be beyond reasonably acceptable reason for having done so, judged from the points mentioned earlier. This is largely due to the individual being's lack of having that required state of sentience and ability to survive individually.
I argue that to abort a foetus (under around 8 weeks into gestation) is an act of killing a living entity extending from a separate living entity. This should not be seen as murder because we are only looking at the destruction of internal systems.
To abort a embryo (under that basic 14 week mark) can only be seen as murder if the particular case can be shown to be beyond reasonably acceptable reason for having done so, judged from the points mentioned earlier. This is largely due to the individual being's lack of having that required state of sentience and ability to survive individually.
To me a fetus is a developing baby, which begins to develop the moment the X and Y join together.
This will be one very good area to start with. Primarily, because it is not nearly as neat and simple as it might be thought to be. I'll go into that as soon as I get the chance...as always, I'm quite busy. Thanks. MM