Grave_n_idle wrote:WWII History Geeks wrote:That was an answer. Most humans have organs and a heartbeat, so yeah, I guess that does define human life.
So, up until the 8th week, there no argument - it's not a human life?
What about someone who is born with a faulty organ? Are they less human?
If your heart stops beating, you stop being a human life?
Your definition sucks. If we take your definition, a dog is a human life, but someone who has just had a heart attack isn't.
hu·man (hymn)
n.
1. A member of the genus Homo and especially of the species H. sapiens.
2. A person: the extraordinary humans who explored Antarctica.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of humans: the course of human events; the human race.
2. Having or showing those positive aspects of nature and character regarded as distinguishing humans from other animals: an act of human kindness.
3. Subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans: a mistake that shows he's only human; human frailty.
4. Having the form of a human.
5. Made up of humans: formed a human bridge across the ice.
Happy now? And by the way, according to this definition in the standard dictionary, a fetus is a human.