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STUDENT:
“I just wanted to know why exactly do you think a first-trimester fetus has moral value?” the unidentified student asked.
SHAPIRO:
“A first trimester fetus has moral value because whether you consider it a potential human life or a full-on human life, it has more value than just a cluster of cells. If left to its natural processes, it will grow into a baby.”
"So the real question is where are you gonna draw the line? Are you gonna draw the line at the heartbeat? Because it’s very hard to draw the line at the heartbeat. There are people who are adults who are alive because of a pacemaker and they need some sort of outside force generating their heartbeat.”
"Are you going to do it based on brain function? OK, well what about people who are in a coma? Should we just kill them?”
"The problem is that whenever you draw any line other than the inception of the child, you end up drawing a false line that can be applied to people who are adults. So either human life has intrinsic value or it doesn’t.”
SHAPIRO:
“We both agree that adult human life has intrinsic value — can we start from that premise?”
STUDENT:
I believe that sentience (the capacity to feel and perceive, or to reason morally) is what gives something moral value, not necessarily being a human alone”
SHAPIRO:
“OK, so when you’re asleep, can I stab you?”
STUDENT:
“I’m still considered sentient when I’m asleep,”
SHAPIRO:
“OK, if you are in a coma from which you may awake, can I stab you?”
STUDENT:
“Well, then, uhh, no - That’s still potential sentience."
SHAPIRO:
"I agree it is potential sentience. You know what else is potential sentience? Being a fetus”
The student should thank Mr. Shapiro for the FREE EDUCATION / LESSON!
Watch: Student asks Ben Shapiro why a fetus is human life — his answer leaves student speechless
“I just wanted to know why exactly do you think a first-trimester fetus has moral value?” the unidentified student asked.
SHAPIRO:
“A first trimester fetus has moral value because whether you consider it a potential human life or a full-on human life, it has more value than just a cluster of cells. If left to its natural processes, it will grow into a baby.”
"So the real question is where are you gonna draw the line? Are you gonna draw the line at the heartbeat? Because it’s very hard to draw the line at the heartbeat. There are people who are adults who are alive because of a pacemaker and they need some sort of outside force generating their heartbeat.”
"Are you going to do it based on brain function? OK, well what about people who are in a coma? Should we just kill them?”
"The problem is that whenever you draw any line other than the inception of the child, you end up drawing a false line that can be applied to people who are adults. So either human life has intrinsic value or it doesn’t.”
SHAPIRO:
“We both agree that adult human life has intrinsic value — can we start from that premise?”
STUDENT:
I believe that sentience (the capacity to feel and perceive, or to reason morally) is what gives something moral value, not necessarily being a human alone”
SHAPIRO:
“OK, so when you’re asleep, can I stab you?”
STUDENT:
“I’m still considered sentient when I’m asleep,”
SHAPIRO:
“OK, if you are in a coma from which you may awake, can I stab you?”
STUDENT:
“Well, then, uhh, no - That’s still potential sentience."
SHAPIRO:
"I agree it is potential sentience. You know what else is potential sentience? Being a fetus”
The student should thank Mr. Shapiro for the FREE EDUCATION / LESSON!
Watch: Student asks Ben Shapiro why a fetus is human life — his answer leaves student speechless
