Ontology Matters to Discussions of Public Policy

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I don't think that emergence is the central issue here, but the nature of what is a living being is absolutely central. I would like those discussions to be at a much higher level, much more sophisticated and much more informed by how ethink about these things at a philosophical, moral, ethical, et cetera level. But there's also the fact that it's not really true that a lot of o opponents of abortion consistently hold this point of view.

Welcome to the June 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! We are inaugurating a slightly different publication schedule, in which these monthly AMA will take the place of one of the regular Monday episodes, rather than being in addition to all of them. A slight tweak that will hopefully make my obligations a little more manageable.

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