have no rights. Only the human they are living in has rights. Is the
diabetic a BIOLOGICAL parasite? (not to be confused with social
parasites) If so, only the host has rights.
In this case the biological and physiological differences amount to
all human rights.
[Paul, you've described a difference but have not provided an argument as to why the 'different' critter should be regarded to have the 'personhood' of 'all human rights' (as you use of the term implies) -TLP ]
Also, let me state this clearly.
Biology absolutely DOES NOT say that a zyote is a human being.
[Paul, this is NOT relevent UNLESS your equating the term 'human being' with 'person' -TLP ]
Human being means human life. Human life is different than all other forms of life due to sentience, self-awareness, and volition of actions at a level that no other animal has.
[Paul, that is ONE form of 'human' life. The term can also apply to lifeforms developing from human dna that have not achieved the level of conscious volition to which you refer. There is NOT a consensus on reserving the term 'human life' to mean only what you've described. -TLP ]
Unless you can prove a zygote to be sentient, you can't prove it to possess human life. You can only prove that it is a living organism with the POTENTIAL for human life if it is allowed to develop into a human being.
[ Paul,
You're attempting to use the terms 'human life' and 'human being' to equate with the terms 'personhood' and 'person'
This is where communication breaks down in the abortion debate. Pro AND anti abortion rights advocates too often try to hi-jack these terms and exclude their use by their opponents. The terms can realistically apply to personed and non-personed human lifeforms.
All are better served by a better quality of debate!
-TLP ]
--- In [email protected], "Thomas L. Knapp"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Quoth Paul Ireland:
>
> > There's nothing arbitrary about it. There are tangible, real, and
> > important physiological differences between a fetus and a baby that
> > has been born.
>
> There are tangible, real and important physiological differences
> between a non-diabetic and a diabetic, too -- but if someone asserted
> that those differences constituted the line of separation between
> being a person and a non-person, nobody would accept that assertion
> without an accompanying argument and evidence as to WHY and HOW it
> constituted said line.
>
> Tom Knapp
>
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