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Originally Posted by kirant
Honestly, I'd be probably most satisfied with your months suggestion. It's the best thing I had thought of up until now.
All my point was that, from the scientific side, the writers have a point and that our laws currently (and might still, even if we eventually do get perfect technology for this information) will protect individuals without right to life rights.
Practical application and academics struggle to meet and, since academics have the bonus of not always having to worry about morality, sometimes come off cold.
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If anything, I would argue that it is easier to argue from a moral perspective that a newborn is only a potential person (ie not self aware). From a scientifc standpoint however, there is no single point or event in the development of an infant (from brain development to physical development) that signals a major shift to a higher state of being. Obviously major developments occur progressively, but there is no one moment where we can scientifically, and therefore legally, say that personhood has been acheived- only thing we have is delivery.