Human non-Persons?

I agree 100%. You did a great job articulating exactly what is so despicable and dangerous about the categorization of certain humans as "non-persons."

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Wanted to chime in about how well thought out and articulate this post is. Nice job of expressing the slippery slope that the labeling of the fetus would put society on. Good work.

Well articulated points made. Such a slippery slope to walk on. It surprises me the historic myopia of many people. Eugenics by any other name is just the same.

It's interesting to note, as you point out, that those who sneer at the concept of humans having a right to life from the moment of conception can do no better than to create arbitrary definitions of "human person" in order to deny the applicability of the concept.

Are you acquianted with a 1971 article by Judith Jarvis Thompson in defense of abortion? It first appeared, I think, in the journal, Philosophy and Public Affairs. The reason I ask, is that Thompson's argument in that article was that even if it is granted that the fetus is human, it has no right to life. I think when the arbitrariness of their "human non-persons" argument these people will argue that even if the fetus is a person, it has no right to life. Right now, Peter Singer is one of the very few who will admit this.

Great post!

It's interesting to note, as you point out, that those who sneer at the concept of humans having a right to life from the moment of conception can do no better than to create arbitrary definitions of "human person" in order to deny the applicability of the concept.

Are you acquianted with a 1971 article by Judith Jarvis Thompson in defense of abortion? It first appeared, I think, in the journal, Philosophy and Public Affairs. The reason I ask, is that Thompson's argument in that article was that even if it is granted that the fetus is human, it has no right to life. I think when the arbitrariness of their "human non-persons" argument these people will argue that even if the fetus is a person, it has no right to life. Right now, Peter Singer is one of the very few who will admit this.

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