Fetus Is a Human Being Not a Person

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HKUSPACE Community College Associate Degree Programme Second Semester 2013-2014 Applied Ethics Applied Ethics Term Paper Topic: Does the fetus, even if not an actual person, have a right to life on the grounds that it is a potential person? Discuss./ Explain and comment on Mary Warren’s view that a fetus is a human being but not a person. Vivian Yip (10586469) Class code: 88257-0202 Submission Date: 2014 1. Intro /Background 2. Position, take sides 3. Provide argument 4. Opposing views/Counter argument 5. Defend (Fight back) 6. Conclusion 700-900 words Difference between person and human being A human being is not just a skeleton of bones and flesh; he is much more than that. It is human body that is composed of flesh, blood and bones. Human soul is composed of human spirit. A human being is a psychosomatic entity that is a union of human flesh and human spirit. It is when we refer to this human flesh that we talk of persons. Even a hard-core criminal is a person as he possesses human flesh, but such persons cannot be said to possess human spirit. The two words human and humanity are related and persons having humane qualities of sympathy and compassion are humans. A person is a human being as long as his body and soul are connected or united. A man on deathbed, having lost all his intellectual and emotional capacities is still a human being. But a hard-core criminal, who does not have any feelings towards fellow human beings and is ready to kill other human beings at the drop of a hat, is certainly not behaving as a human being. Yes, he is a person but devoid of qualities that go into making a person a human being. However, this is a subject of a huge philosophical debate that never seems to end as people have opinions for and against this view of dichotomy between a human and a
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