The Racist history of the Republican Party

[Allfreedom99]

Rath said:

Allfreedom99 said:

Rath said:

 

Personhood is not a scientific thing, nobody can say that it scientifically occurs at a definite point. The right wing does want to limit access to reproductive health services - Romney just said that as president he would abolish planned parenthood entirely. He's the most moderate of the Republican candidates.

I will say it another way. Lets say there is a man who had no living family and noone who knew him. He was hit by a car and was in a hospital bed in a coma. Now I would not do this ever but hypothetically...Tell me the truth, would you honestly condemn me or think that I am doing something criminal if I went into that hospital put a pistol to his brain, blew his brians out to end his life?

Three things.

Coma != braindead. If he were brain dead the situation is quite different.

Assuming he is braindead (in which case yes I consider him dead) it is not within your authority to 'unplug' him. That is the doctors authority.

Once again assuming he is braindead - I don't think you committed murder but I do think that you just mutilated a body which is in itself a criminal act.

 

Edit: And yes I agree that essentially philosophy defines personhood as consciousness - that still isn't scientific though.

Actually Coma does not mean the individual is "brian dead". a Coma is usually onset by some type of damage to the brain. Those that enter into a coma may wake up and they may not. Who's to say he would not have woken up in the future and returned to a normal human being?

Given that fact Did I end a human life or not?