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Originally Posted by willravel
That's a good read, Tec. Also, the author is a genius!
Using brain capability as a marker as to what is or isn't human, I would wonder how certain individuals who are mentally disabled would measure up to a child at around 30 weeks. I would suggest that it is moral not to kill people who are mentally disabled, but I wonder how they might relate to this discussion.
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Thats one of the finer points the debate brings out...Lets Call it " the Terry Shivo argument". It seems to me there are two differing pieces involved here, One focused on the Fetus, and another on the ability to think. Both aspects are best dealt with by allowing a guardian to make decisions. But must of course be tempered by societal laws placed to forbid going to extremes. Once an agreed upon baseline for thought has been established, I would hope we could clarify the vast majority of cases and allow for uniform implementation of a standard for care. There will however, always be exceptions to any law created by man...it should be expected.
We must also consider the actual wiring required in the first place, as I would think a mentally challenged individual has at least managed to form the connections to the brain, and has some measurable activity within the organ. Damage to the brain may however, make these connections pointless in the context of thought.