Ryan Delaney wrote:
Maybe it would be best to clearly define the difference between "human" (organic tissue with 42 chromosomes) and "person" (a rational, autonomous consciousness) and specify that some people think we are morally obligated to anything that is "human" while others think we are only obligated to "persons".
There's a bit of this at [[person]]. It could probably be improved/expanded, of course, but that's probably the right place to put this sort of discussion.
-Mark