[JrsyJack]

“The fetus, given the opportunity to develop properly before birth, and given the essential early socializing experiences and sufficient nourishing food during the crucial early years after birth, will ultimately develop into a human being,” John P. Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote in “Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions.”

There's the quote from the story. You agree that the author's thesis requires that both pre and post natal development and socialization are needed to attain "human" status?

[newguy357]

There's the quote from the story. You agree that the author's thesis requires that both pre and post natal development and socialization are needed to attain "human" status?

No. I think it is a poorly constructed and therefore ambiguous sentence that may be interpreted with or without the post natal development clause. We already have sufficient evidence, good evidence, that these people are evil. Giving them the benefit of the doubt in these cases, for the purpose of the moral debate, strengthens not weakens our case. That is my point.