@BenHardman9 @benshapiro I honestly don’t see your point. Just because other “developed” countries allow it, doesn’t mean American should allow it as well.
@PaintballWolf @RatchetNurse1@benshapiro No one decides on viability.
A foetus may or may not survive gestation and birth. Viability is not a decision. It’s a lottery.
“Viable” means “able to exist independently, after birth”. This remains unknown, until birth.
However, a new born infant might not be viable either.
@PaintballWolf @RatchetNurse1@benshapiro -has never been a non-living tissue. A fetus is alive at conception in the sense that all living cells are alive and have a consciousness at a cellular level programmed for survival. So much euphemism i see.
@PaintballWolf @RatchetNurse1@benshapiro Ironic considering i’m not re-defining the term. Brittanica defines a fetus as “the unborn young of any vertebrate animal, particularly of a mammal” which, again, is the most agreed definition. The ova is alive, the sperm is alive, the zygote is alive, the embryo is alive. It-
@PaintballWolf @RatchetNurse1@benshapiro A sperm is an organism, so is a fetus and an embryo by definition. An embryo is alive since fertilization but that highly relies on your definition of “alive.” However, by the most common definition, a fetus is indeed alive.
@1libertarianism@Almisehal@elonmusk We have no evidence that aliens do no exist either, so there is no reason to not believe in them. Which is why I suppose we must remain even-handed, until evidences that either refute or confirm their existence are put forward.
@1libertarianism@Almisehal@elonmusk “Look buddy, i’m not saying socrates didn’t exist, but aside from plato’s writings, we have no historical evidence of him so the logical conclusion is not to believe in him, definitely not the same thing” lot of words to say he doesn’t exist.
@Davidpelleti@benshapiro Laws passed on are grounded on philosophical views. We need to set a steady philosophical view. Otherwise, we can’t have a conversation.