Assuming that it is cognitive enough to do so, do you think that an infant in the womb would fear being born? Seems that it could be thought of as an end to life as it knows it, much the way that death to us is an end to what we know, and a beginning of something unknown.
2007-10-07 08:31:11 · 11 answers · asked by Dave B. 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I would say that a baby in the womb has no way of knowing that it will one day be born, and thus have no way of fearing it. If, hypothetical, a baby could know that it would one day be born, I don´t think that it would be thought of as the same way as death. It is an end to life as they know it, but not the end. It´s more like just going to a different place.
2007-10-07 08:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Birth is traumatic for them. Fortunately, nature does not let them remember it that way. Instead, birth is the one profound act of life before death, and this is profound because it exposes the child to the entire universe, whereas before his only world was one of fluid and soft things that he bumped against, and noises through the fluid that he could not even identify as noises until he was born and learned what "noise" was. Without birth, no child would progress beyond knowing what his fluid world provided him to know. Infants do not fear birth; they don't even see it coming.
2007-10-07 11:28:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-21 08:51:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the child was in fact cognitive to do so, I do not believe he or she would fear their own birth because there would be no unknown element, unlike death which is completely unknown.
2007-10-07 14:22:53 · answer #4 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being born is apparently the most traumatic thing that will ever happen to us, and I'm sure once the birth pains start, that infant becomes very frightened very fast.
Isn't it nice to know you've already survived the worst thing that will ever happen to you?
2007-10-07 12:36:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A baby does not have the cognitive process to think about it. If they did,I don't think they would fear it how we fear death. I think they would fear it and be excited at the same time. We are not excited about death. It would be the same feelings that the parents have. They are excited to start this new life, but it is scary at the same time.
2007-10-07 08:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by wgar88 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
fear is an emotion that is taught to everyone after birth so i dont see how an unbon infant could have that emotion
2007-10-07 08:39:24 · answer #7 · answered by nutnnice69er 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hopefully you´ll understand, that the Fear of the unknown expectation, or prediction requires thought. What were you thinking at the time ?
2007-10-07 08:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by RJ2K1 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes
not fear but expectation
2007-10-07 08:38:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nah, I'd look 4ward to it.
2007-10-07 08:38:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋