TerminalGodhead
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- Posted: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:40:08 +0000
Sarcasm aside, the question needs to be asked in order to settle quite a lot of issues.
The first question in determining what a human being is, is to first find out what fundamental trait makes someone human. Well, a human is mortal, yet, you can't classify anything that is mortal as human. For instance, a rat is mortal, therefore a rat is human is inherently false. The proper logic would be, I am a human, therefore I am mortal. Yet, that doesn't answer the question, 'what makes someone human,' as that logic relies on the presumption of humanity.
I would say that the trait that makes humans, well, humans would have to be something intangible, or ineffable, or something so obvious that it would make every bit of anyone untouchable. That obvious thing being DNA. DNA, is the only thing that every human being shares with each other, therefore it is the only pre-requisite to being human.
A zygote has the DNA that makes it human, therefore, a zygote is human.
Weeeeeeellllll, s**t. I was not after that conclusion. ******** logic, do what I want. mad
The first question in determining what a human being is, is to first find out what fundamental trait makes someone human. Well, a human is mortal, yet, you can't classify anything that is mortal as human. For instance, a rat is mortal, therefore a rat is human is inherently false. The proper logic would be, I am a human, therefore I am mortal. Yet, that doesn't answer the question, 'what makes someone human,' as that logic relies on the presumption of humanity.
I would say that the trait that makes humans, well, humans would have to be something intangible, or ineffable, or something so obvious that it would make every bit of anyone untouchable. That obvious thing being DNA. DNA, is the only thing that every human being shares with each other, therefore it is the only pre-requisite to being human.
A zygote has the DNA that makes it human, therefore, a zygote is human.
Weeeeeeellllll, s**t. I was not after that conclusion. ******** logic, do what I want. mad