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Is there such a thing as a 'right to life'? If so, is it an absolute right, or is it dependent upon something else?
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Is there such a thing as a 'right to life'? If so, is it an absolute right, or is it dependent upon something else? The sanctity of life is considered even without religious ethics taken into account, "It is never right to murder" is an absolutist view, but is a 'right to life' an absolutist right, to say that everything has the right to live is understandable but can it be altered with dependence on situations? John Locke gave a definition of a person "a thinking intelligent being that has reason and reflection and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places". Joseph Fletcher (Situation Ethics) proposed other indicators of personhood; self awareness, self control, senses of future and past, capacity to relate to others, concern for others and communication. A human being does not equal a person and a person does not...
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