Thanks for the reply Leah! That’s interesting and your may will be right, although it doesn’t directly address the ethical reasoning. I would hope though bioethicists would look beyond this kind of approach you suggest might be happeninh
“it’s thus possible that their responses to the “A being becomes a person...” question were influenced by their views on the permissibility of abortion and wariness about how concepts of personhood are being used to restrict access to reproductive care.
Surely ethics as a field is better built from the ground up based on their take on the biology and philosophy here, not retrofitted to address a practical question like abortion rights?
Thanks for the reply Leah! That’s interesting and your may will be right, although it doesn’t directly address the ethical reasoning. I would hope though bioethicists would look beyond this kind of approach you suggest might be happeninh
“it’s thus possible that their responses to the “A being becomes a person...” question were influenced by their views on the permissibility of abortion and wariness about how concepts of personhood are being used to restrict access to reproductive care.
Surely ethics as a field is better built from the ground up based on their take on the biology and philosophy here, not retrofitted to address a practical question like abortion rights?