On Monday 16 July 2007 14:57, David Crooks wrote: > On Monday, July 16, 2007 4:47 PM Pete Theisen wrote: > >So, imagine a person who *used* to have cerebral activity but now > > doesn't any more. Does he/she >lose his/her personhood? > > I believe that life begins at first breath, but I would not call being > assisted by a machine to keep breathing living. Just existing. The > meaning of life is to have your life have meaning. Very deep for a > Monday! :-)
Hi David! So abortion the day before the baby is born is of no moral significance nor is euthanasia the day the person is judged a nuisance or a bother to caregivers? Life, after all, is without "meaning" if people begrudge you your care . . . Oh, yeah, I wrote that on Friday :-) -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
