personhood under the US Constitution; I'm asserting that it's too
arbitrary.
-Terry Liberty Parker
PERSONHOOD: Abortion & beyond
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/48351
--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Terry,
>
> I disagree and agree. You claim birth no longer qualifies as
> criteria for Constitutional personhood, and then name your own
> preferences. I do not disagree with yours; I only remind you that
> they all result from the dramatic changes that took place at
> birth. No matter if premature, c-section, or whatever, the
> required fetal transformations are still kicked in by cutting its
> cord and introducing it into the atmosphere.
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
>
> ************
> {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote
> "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the
> case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions.
> There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a
> unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill
> its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and
> unjust lawsuits.
> See www.fija.org
> [Please adopt this as your own signature.] }
>
>
> --------------
>
> I think that the 'birth' as criteria for Constitutional
> 'personhood'
> was adopted as a matter of convenience; a clear delineation
> commensurate with that time's technology.
>
> These days, human babies can be prematurely born by months. And
> some
> are naturally born 'brainless' (sans brain). Upon birth a human
> is
> still VERY dependent on others for basic life support. What
> effect
> might this lack of material 'agency' have on transendendly
> moral 'personhood' (not just what is legal now)
>
> Here are *my* 'tentative' COMBINED criteria for
> who or what gets to be regarded as a person:
>
> sentience- ability to consider essential
> information about one's environment
> (surroundings, situation and so on)
>
> agency- power to act in one's environment
>
> conscious volition- free will to intervene between
> stimulus and response by making meaningful choices;
> without which one can not be 'responsible' for
> one's actions that interface with other persons
>
> Imo, 'personhood' is about individual sovereigns
> (whose 'domains' are their own bodies and
> justly held possessions) being free moral agents;
> which still leaves room for acts of compassion :)
>
> Domains http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/30419
>
> Morals http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/37899
>
>
> -Terry Liberty Parker
> PERSONHOOD: Abortion & beyond
> at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/48351
>
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