Finnis believes that if you are conceived from human parents, zygotes, embryos, and fetuses you are indeed human. At first you are only a few celled but will eventually develop into a baby and then a child and then an adult. He also states that personhood begins at fertilization and direct abortions procedures are intended to terminate a fetus's life.
Finnis states that even the zygote is already a person and not merely a potential person. The zygote, embryos, and fetus all have the same status as a person does. Even if the zygote is only a few cells it has potential to become a person. To end the life of a potential human and a human have the same morality.
Tooley thinks that abortion is morally permissible. Tooley believes that a person
Finnis states that even the zygote is already a person and not merely a potential person. The zygote, embryos, and fetus all have the same status as a person does. Even if the zygote is only a few cells it has potential to become a person. To end the life of a potential human and a human have the same morality.
Tooley thinks that abortion is morally permissible. Tooley believes that a person