Is viability a reasonable criterion for determining personhood?
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No.  A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.  Pre-viability, the baby is still a being with a rational nature, just not able to use reason yet.
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Possibility of the Humanties.
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The answer to this question entirely depends upon the person who is answering it AND upon their individual belief system.  If I say I believe the answer is "no", that has a certain meaning.  If I say that I believe that answer is "yes" that has an entirely different meaning.  Ultimately it is an existential question that addresses developmental issues of self/other (environment) and...existence.
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Good...\nMy proof....look into the eyes of a newborn.....
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The higher purpose in permitting it is to affirm that every person should shall have full jurisdiction over what happens inside the boundaries of his/her body.  Therefore by permitting it we are acknowledging that the freedom of a person to control their own body is more important than other considerations.  However we are not endorsing the choices they make as "good".  We are merely choosing not to intervene forcefully in a person's excersise of thier soverign rights over their body.  In this light, persuasion and dialog become the tools of those who wish to stop the practice, not the threat of imprisonment or execution by the government (there are people out there who believe that it is murder and should be punished with death).  \n\nYour second question becomes irrelavent unless you believe that you or the government has a role in determining how a person should be permitted to exersise control over what goes on inside thier body.\n\nHuman sacrifice is ritualistic religious killing of a person in order to gain some favor with a God that they fear, in hopes that they will be granted some sort of boon from their god, such as good weather or reprieve from a plague.  I don't see how anyone would have an abortion to please God, but fervently religious people NEVER fail to surpirse me!
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the tests are reliable.  As for validity, that is another matter open for interpretation.  More info is needed to determine the "purpose" of the testing, who is doing it, who is being tested and what are the consequences.
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capacity to growth,functional activity, and continual change until death.
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It probably goes to the individual's character and believability.
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Depends of the on how good the person is.
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Unborn, living and dead?
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Qualify enough maybe?
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Given - assuming one is a legal citizen.
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Like it or not, our lives are a defense of what we believe whether we know how to articulate it or not.  Our choices reflect our beliefs.  \n\nThe ability or inability of a person or group of people to defend their beliefs is not proof of the validity of the belief.  It simply speaks to their competence (or lack of it) as communicators.\n\nShould we be able to know and defend what we believe?  Sure.\n\nIs our ability the proof of the veracity of the belief?  No.
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That is an excellent question and a very good point. I totally agree with you. What makes anyone think they are good enough to judge others, and what right have they to set the standards for other people. As long as people are doing their very best within their means, people should live and let live within reason, providing they are not causing a danger to themselves or others.
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This is more of a cynical than logical answer.  It is important if proving the invalidity of (whatever) benefits your own (whatever).
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gravesendian said it perfectly as far as I'm concerned.  I agree 100%.  \n\nMorality is a purely human construct.  What is "moral" or lawful in one part of the world, can be immoral or illegal in another part.  Take prosititution...in some countries it is legal, in others not.  What makes the difference?  Difference in human perception...difference in what is considered an acceptable standard of behaviour.
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not C or B, so it come to A, or D, a pvalue between 0.01-0.05 is generally considered strong evidence for alternetive hupothothes and against null hypotheses, A says same thing as choice C so D is the right anwer