Richard Baker wrote:
A cell is not a person. A cell has no rights. A cell does not and should not have rights.
So if I were to destroy exactly one cell in your body at a time until none were left then that would be okay? If not, at what stage would it become other than okay?
Rich must understand The Fool's post very differently than I do...
The phrase "... one cell in your body ..." presupposes a (reasonably) complete body. The question "... [would] that ... be okay?" presupposes sentience, the ability to care one way or another.
I think that The Fool was making the point that a fertilized egg is not yet a body, not yet a person, and therefore not entitled (yet) to the rights of a person.
Dave (who may not agree with The Fool, but at least is following the argument)
PS: If The Fool or is a sentient single-celled entity, then I suspect it might very well object to Richard's destroying that one cell.
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