[WikiEN-l] NPOV: Fetus personhood - fish for all the thanks

Fri Jul 29 22:00:13 UTC 2005

Ryan Delaney wrote:

> Maybe it would be best to clearly define the difference between 
> "human" (organic tissue with 42 chromosomes) and "person" (a rational, 
> autonomous consciousness) and specify that some people think we are 
> morally obligated to anything that is "human" while others think we 
> are only obligated to "persons".

There's a bit of this at [[person]].  It could probably be 
improved/expanded, of course, but that's probably the right place to put 
this sort of discussion.

-Mark