I get this sense when intelligent people argue about when human life begins. I don’t think there are too many people who contest what the various stages of pregnancy look like, but there is an awful lot of arguing about the definition of ‘life’ and ‘person’.
Yes. And mostly that debate is a proxy for “which, if any abortions, are immoral for the reasons that homicide is immoral”. And everybody involved understands that’s the substantive issue.
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I get this sense when intelligent people argue about when human life begins. I don’t think there are too many people who contest what the various stages of pregnancy look like, but there is an awful lot of arguing about the definition of ‘life’ and ‘person’.
Yes. And mostly that debate is a proxy for “which, if any abortions, are immoral for the reasons that homicide is immoral”. And everybody involved understands that’s the substantive issue.