On 24/07/2006, at 12:01 PM, David Hobby wrote:
Welcome back. I think you're missing Charlie's point. To me, his argument is that it is VERY hard to draw a clear line between things that can turn into adult humans and things that can't. I advise conceding the point, unless you just like to argue for the fun of it. : )
Precisely.
May I propose that you reply: "Anything produced by combining a human egg and sperm certainly counts as HUMAN. Other things might also; we'll decide about clones later."
What I'm saying is "human" and "human being" is not always the same thing, and "human being" is not always easy to define either. Biology is mess. So is philosophy.
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