Bringsjord's Personhood Argument

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  1. the abortion argument is probably the most controversial argument.
  2. Today's society, It is now involved in our politics and how we vote.
  3. Why is this topic so controversial?
  4. Is there not a simple yes or no to whether abortion is morally permissible or not.
  5. In the speech, I'll discuss the well known philosopher Bring Sword
  6. in his argument regarding abortion.
  7. Bring Short will analyze Warren's person had argument, incapacity scenarios,
  8. potential capacity argument and the objection to those arguments.
  9. Hi, my name is alexander Gardner.
  10. And today in this speech I will present
  11. Bernie Schwartz view and the person hood argument is
  12. potential capacity argument and how they influence the
  13. discussion of abortion being morally permissible or not.
  14. Oh first talk about Warren's personhood arguments then
  15. I will talk about the incapacity scenarios.
  16. Then I will talk about Bernice towards potential capacity argument.
  17. And then lastly, I will talk about the objections. These arguments
  18. bring short analyzes Warren's person heard argument
  19. in the principles that make someone a person
  20. Warren's person and arguments say set a person X.
  21. Has the right to life if they exhibit these certain qualities.
  22. These qualities being consciousness, reasoning,
  23. self motivated motivated activity,
  24. capacity to communicate in presence of self concepts and self awareness
  25. effects. Has these qualities, then it is wrong to kill maim or torture. X.
  26. This includes a boarding X.
  27. Warren argues that a fetus that does not exhibit any of these concepts. Listen,
  28. therefore it is not capable of higher reasoning, communication or consciousness.
  29. It is then argued that it is morally acceptable to kill or abort a fetus at any
  30. stage of the pregnancy since being in the womb
  31. inhibits the person hood concepts of higher reasoning.
  32. The objection to the person whose argument is the infanticide objection
  33. the states that if it is morally permissible to kill fetus
  34. because it does not have the capacity for higher functioning,
  35. then it should be acceptable to kill infant because
  36. even though they are born and they are alive,
  37. they do not yet have communication skills or self actualization.
  38. This then brings the argument of why it is not acceptable to kill an infant.
  39. If you can kill a fetus from the point of view
  40. from someone who believes in Warren and the person that argument,
  41. they believe it is up to society to say whether it is wrong or not,
  42. they think that it is up to the parents decide whether they want to kill their infant
  43. or not because technically the infant is their property.
  44. Yeah.
  45. Um,
  46. um,
  47. weren't clarifies by saying that not just any
  48. parent can kill their child for any reason,
  49. but only those parents who have a good enough or logical reason.
  50. This means that the parent has to be in
  51. a situation of famine or poverty to kill their child
  52. because they do not want the child to go
  53. through the same suffering that they are going through.
  54. Yeah,
  55. Bruce would also analyzed the incapacity scenarios and the incapacity argument
  56. Warren's person.
  57. An argument states that those who are not capable of higher reasoning
  58. do not have the moral right to life.
  59. But does this also,
  60. but does this also stained for incapacity scenarios
  61. where one's conscious person is no longer conscious?
  62. One example of an incapacity scenario would be someone who has suffered
  63. a severe injury or tragic accident and has gone into a coma.
  64. Says the person is in a coma, they no longer have consciousness,
  65. communication or capability of higher reasoning.
  66. Under Warren's pressing her argument, it is morally acceptable to kill this person
  67. in a coma even if they have a chance to wake up and gained consciousness Again,
  68. another scenario would be someone who's passed out or in a journalist sleep.
  69. Similar to the coma scenario,
  70. this person is unconscious and not responding to stimuli
  71. even though you're aware this person will
  72. eventually gain consciousness because they're still alive.
  73. They're incapable of higher reasoning at the time.
  74. Warren's principles for the person had argument would
  75. allow this person to die or be killed.
  76. The incapacity arguments stated by reinsured challenges Warren's person.
  77. That argument as being false and obscured
  78. under warns principles,
  79. someone who's unconscious from a coma during asleep
  80. or passed out is morally allowed to be killed
  81. using common sense and knowledge.
  82. You know,
  83. this person should not be killed and that is
  84. not morally right to kill someone in those scenarios.
  85. The incapacity scenario scenarios and arguments show that
  86. Warren's person hood argument and principles are false
  87. and that if you know,
  88. you shouldn't kill someone in those scenarios
  89. and why should warns principles stand for fetuses
  90. bring um
  91. I'm now going to discuss the potential
  92. capacity argument and bring tourists except exceptions.
  93. Bring shows potential capacity argument states that a fetus at any stage as long as
  94. there are no complications as a potential
  95. capacity for higher reasoning or mental functions.
  96. The person that argument states that while their fetus,
  97. they do not have higher functioning, but as soon as they are born and grow up,
  98. they start to exhibit this higher functioning.
  99. This means that a fetus has the potential capacity
  100. for life as soon as they are conceived.
  101. Are you sure?
  102. States that sends the fetus will eventually
  103. have the capacity for higher functioning.
  104. We must still treat them as a person and not
  105. kill them because they will one day gain consciousness.
  106. A fetus has the potential to become a person with higher functioning of life
  107. in a way that a fetus may not just possibly become a
  108. a person,
  109. but they will become a person if given the proper nutrients and shelter to grow.
  110. Bring. Sure, exceptions are a threat to mother's life, rape or incest.
  111. Encephalitis fetus in a persistent vegetative state
  112. it should be morally permissible to abort a fetus.
  113. It's a fetus brings a threat to the mother's life or health as an act of self defense.
  114. Braven incest is a horrible act that brings physical and emotional trauma.
  115. It's a fetuses and innocent bystanders or product
  116. and to still have its moral rights to life
  117. and encephalitis fetuses,
  118. one with a brain complication where they are
  119. unable to survive or have normal functioning ones,
  120. they are born
  121. therefore that full functioning the brain.
  122. The fears will not have the potential capacity for higher functioning
  123. very short.
  124. Also believes that end of life euthanasia for those
  125. who are in a persistent vegetative state with guinea
  126. with no hope of gaining consciousness again.
  127. Mm
  128. So
  129. bring short stance on the Grammys objection,
  130. antecedents consciousness objection and the pro life
  131. response in regards the potential capacity argument,
  132. Guineas or sex sells and somatic cells have
  133. the potential to make higher function of life
  134. is facilitated community.
  135. Computer can also have the potential capacity for higher functioning
  136. contraceptives and unplugging computer
  137. but then not be morally right. In regards to potential capacity argument.
  138. Killing a gamey or computer is not the same as killing a fetus or person,
  139. which refutes the potential capacity argument as invalid.
  140. The antecedent consciousness objection says that if someone once had an
  141. instance of power functioning and they are not passed out in a
  142. coma or dream asleep than it is morally wrong to kill them
  143. because they once had higher functioning and could gain it again,
  144. a fetus, however,
  145. has never had an instance of power functioning because it hasn't been born yet.
  146. This is then argued saying babies who are infants also
  147. have not yet had an instance of fire functioning,
  148. so doesn't make it right to kill them.
  149. The pro life argument is that game meats and somatic
  150. cells need some sort of nutrition in order to grow
  151. into being with the capability of higher functioning and if
  152. they're not given this and they will cease to develop.
  153. This is why it is argued that a fetus has the right to life
  154. but does not have the right to forgive her mother's body and use its resources.
  155. Therefore it is morally permissible to bora fetus.
  156. Mhm.
  157. I will then talk about my visual aid.
  158. Um This is just one criteria for personhood
  159. that I talked about earlier in the speech.
  160. Um but I will like state them.
  161. So criteria or consciousness reasoning, self motivated, activity,
  162. capacity to communicate and self awareness.
  163. Um and warns states that if someone does not
  164. exhibit these and they are not considered a person
  165. um since a few years does not exhibit most of these are all these qualities, then
  166. they are not considered person.
  167. Therefore it is morally permissible to abort a fetus because they do not yet exist.
  168. These even though they have
  169. the potential to warned because of warren's
  170. criteria for a person who she believes that
  171. it is right to
  172. the word fetus.
  173. No,
  174. in conclusion, bring short, analyzes warrants personhood argument,
  175. which says that in order for someone to be a person,
  176. they must have the basic qualities such as consciousness and higher functioning.
  177. This is what warren justifies
  178. are morally permissible to kill a fetus at any stage,
  179. since they do not have the capability of higher functioning.
  180. Bring shared, refutes that argument.
  181. But the potential capacity argument that states that a fetus has
  182. the potential for higher functioning at the moment of conception.
  183. He uses the incapacity scenarios an argument
  184. to support the potential capacity argument saying
  185. if you wouldn't kill someone who was in a coma or passed out,
  186. then you shouldn't kill a fetus with potential.
  187. The objections to the potential capacity argument help
  188. analyze this argument and see where the argument is
  189. faulty given all the information about brings us
  190. person had argument and the potential capacity argument.
  191. Do you agree with them that abortion is morally impermissible?