Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Historical Views of when human life begins
The spartan approach seems a little odd, since they are against abortion only if it is a male's life to be forfeited because they are very intent on raising young men to fight for the army, and deem it morally permissible to kill one if "the child was judged to be unsuitable for some reason", which raises questions as to the spartans believe personhood was guaranteed after birth. It is surprising that they are opposed to abortion but deem it morally permissible to kill one after birth. The Jewish law makes more sense to me, since it deems abortion permissible without punishment as long as the woman is not injured, and murder of a human outside the womb is always considered punishable by death.
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