Anti-abortion meat-eaters typically assign moral patient status based on humanity, not on relative intelligence and self-awareness, so it’s natural for them to treat human fetuses as superior to pigs. I don’t think this is self-contradictory, although I do think it’s wrong. Your broader point is well-made.
Anti-abortion meat-eaters typically assign moral patient status based on humanity, not on relative intelligence and self-awareness, so it’s natural for them to treat human fetuses as superior to pigs. I don’t think this is self-contradictory, although I do think it’s wrong. Your broader point is well-made.
Fair, at least as far as religious pro lifers go (there’s probably some secular ones too but they’re a tiny minority).