At 04:51 PM 8/30/99 GMT-5, Rick Froman wrote:
>Paul C. Smith writes on 30 Aug 99,:
>
>> The ethics of abortion have been clouded by essentialist attempts to make
>> the humanity of the aborted entity into the turning point. Deb Brihl gives
>> us an alternative when she writes:
I just want to point out that I do not agree with the all of the positions
stated in the book - my interest wasn't so much in the exclusion of certain
groups of humans, rather the inclusion of other groups or species based on
appropriate behaviors.
>>
>> "I have had the chance to read an interesting book by Sheri Tepper called
>> 6 Moon Dance. In the book, humanity has been redefined as not necessarily
>> species, but rather based on actions - intelligence, ethics, etc. So, some
>> species were elevated to human level and certain groups of people were
>> removed from the definition of human. Just another bit to the definition
>> of human being".
>
Deb
Deborah S. Briihl There are as many
Dept. of Psychology and Counseling ways to live as
Valdosta State University there are people in
Valdosta, GA 31698-0100 this world and each
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