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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (80535)3/9/2004 5:10:12 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
"Generally I would give sentient sapient aliens the same consideration I would give humans."

So you consider the ability to think and to feel to be paramount.

Sentience and sapience are products of consciousness. So would you value a being who is sentient and sapient higher than a zygote which has no consciousness whatsoever?



To: TimF who wrote (80535)3/9/2004 5:34:26 PM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 82486
 
An armed person is one step removed from being a killer. All he has to do is use the weapon. "One step" can be a very big step.

Reminds me of the joke about the woman in a boat and the game warden.


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