| Life is a process. not a discrete occurrence. It has no beginning and no end that we can truly comprehend. What is actually at issue here is the point at which, for the narrow purposes of human society, we elect to deem an individual's life to have begun. As this point is largely arbitrary, there is no right or wrong answer to the question, "When does life begin?" There is only the answer we can live with.
And hermits are contented with their cells;
And students with their pensive citadels ...
William Wordsworth |