Abortion

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for someone to say that it is perfectly acceptable to kill an unborn baby that is fully developed and deliverable. The ethics debate lies somewhere in between. So when does an egg becomes something more. Scientifically speaking, even after a baby is born, it is not as knowledgable as a full-grown animal like a cow, which is considered to be fully expendable to humans. If we apply the same standards, therefore, are we not bound to make killing even newborns perfectly legal? Well, that is where the science ends and ethics begin.
Killing some other living thing, under almost any ethical system is considered to be wrong. Generally, the more aware and intelligent we consider the living thing to be, the more wrong that killing may be. So when is killing justified? Commonly, when the needs of humans are in question, that killing is justified. Often, when the desire of humans are expressed, killing is also justified. We can see various examples of this in everything from our diets ...

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