The autonomy of an entity?
The sentience of an entity?
The ability of an entity to experience pleasure and/or pain?
Or, do you have any other qualifications to suggest?
Let's take the example of a deer, vs. a human fetus.
GO!
2006-07-25 17:51:04 · 9 answers · asked by annetacular 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
K guys, not from a legal perspective - I know what the law says, I can read - but personally.
What do YOU think, and why?
cheers
2006-07-25 18:24:42 · update #1
My personal opinion is that we (as humans) do not value a human merely because it is human life. If this were the case, there would not be wars because it would be too painful to end another human's life. Instead, we value a human because of his/her experiences and who that person is and how that person interacts with us. So, I guess that a right to life belongs to those that have had experiences and relationships and interactions.
2006-07-25 17:57:41 · answer #1 · answered by Princess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A baby, born at term, 40 weeks, has to be dried, kept warm and fed or it will die. We are a fragile species.
I don't know when life begins, but it would seem to me that we would want to error on the side of caution and NOT do anything that might be ending the life of a developing child.
It seems the most selfish thing in the world. . . .
2006-07-26 01:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be that we value human life simply because it is human life. Unfortunately for the deer, I would save a human embryo of no more than 100 cells that is life before I saved a whole pack of deer. And I believe that is how it should be.
2006-07-26 01:37:38 · answer #3 · answered by surfer2966 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What constitutes the right to life...The acknowledgment that there is life... I believe that the moment that egg is fertilized it is the beginning of life...if not why would you say I'm pregnant....meaning i am with child...a human being...how could you state it is not a living human already...one does not wait till the baby is born to say i have a baby...so why would one believe that a life that is starting to grow is not human...if it wasn't what it is then one would not have to remove it if they didn't want it...by removing it you are taking a life...whether it is five weeks or fifteen.what you are removing is human and left to grow it would be human... they can say what they like but bottom line it is a human being....IT BEGINS WHEN THE EGG IS FERTILIZED AND YOU ARE CONFIRMED PREGNANT...THAT IS THE MOMENT OF RIGHT TO LIFE...
2006-07-26 12:58:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The political right to life is a right exclusive to humans. The point at which that right begins varies according to law.
2006-07-26 01:05:09 · answer #5 · answered by Kathleen C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the "BILL OF RIGHTS".. unless explicitly/specifically stated, the law applies to citizens, meaning human beings.
2006-07-26 02:10:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
nobody does.
the court has however stated that life begins when the fetus can survive outside of the mother.
as technology advances so will the supreme court rulings change.
2006-07-26 00:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by nefariousx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bacterium is life, everything above that is also life, though sometimes it is necessary to end lives.
2006-07-26 01:02:23 · answer #8 · answered by JoeThatUKnow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Currently and topically, no being an extremist Muslim.
2006-07-26 01:00:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋