On 12 Aug 2006, at 11:17PM, jdiebremse wrote:
I should re-emphasize that in both these cases I would presume the
individual to be human until fully satisified that such an
individual is
not human, and presume that the individual has all the rights of an
adult humanuntil fully convinced that whichever human rights in
question
do not apply.
Some of the characteristics I would consider:
-Can the adult indivudal produce an adult offspring with human?
Some humans are born sterile. Intersexes and such.
-Can the adult individual construct abstract thoughts? Can the
adult
individual master a language?
Some humans have less intellectual capacity than a parrot.
Microcephalics for example.
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