Here's a debate about whether an unborn child is entitled to the rights of personhood. The counter argument scares me as it is based upon a utility of personhood: if a human is not 'self aware', are they really a 'person' entitled to all the rights, privileges and obligations that are attached to such a designation? For me the answer is clearly 'YES'. To deny the status as a person based on their actualized capacities would logically lead to the right to terminate infant children and demented elders. As I've said many times here before... this path that pro-choice people are walking is a dangerous route for the weakest among us. Heavyweight Philosophers Clash at Abortion Conference » Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.