PHIL 120W Lecture Notes - Artificial Insemination, Anthropocentrism, Fetus
18 Nov 2012
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Singer the life you could save book in 2009. Tell people you have to sacrifice yourself scares them off they won"t help people. Singer"s modified recommendation: everyone should donate 1% of their income to humanitarian relief. Really, it"s nothing but a bunch of cells. Wife views her abortion as a kind of murder. She thinks of the fetus as a kind of person. First trimester first month shape of baby second month heart beat third month few inches long. Conception single cell called a zygote full set of genetic chromosomes person religious view zygote has a soul and nobody has the right to interfere. Fetus - at the end of the 8th week. Second trimester - quickening feeling fetus move. Third trimester - viability ability to survive out of womb. Person latin for mask people play a role; some kind of agent. 2: not anthropocentric makes human beings the center of our world views; limited, narrow.
