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If we appeal to our moral intuitions, we'll agree that the serious duty not to kill a human life (or a potential human life) begins at

    { 1 } - rationality.
    { 2 } - birth.
    { 3 } - conception.
    { 4 } - We'll disagree about this if we appeal to our moral intuitions.

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If we appeal to our moral intuitions, we'll agree that the serious duty not to kill a human life (or a potential human life) begins at

People tend to have different intuitions on this, depending on their upbringing and the values of their society.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

If we appeal to our moral intuitions, we'll agree that the serious duty not to kill a human life (or a potential human life) begins at

    { 1 } - rationality.
    { 2 } - birth.
    { 3 } - conception.
    { 4 } - We'll disagree about this if we appeal to our moral intuitions.

People tend to have different intuitions on this, depending on their upbringing and the values of their society.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

If we appeal to our moral intuitions, we'll agree that the serious duty not to kill a human life (or a potential human life) begins at

    { 1 } - rationality.
    { 2 } - birth.
    { 3 } - conception.
    { 4 } - We'll disagree about this if we appeal to our moral intuitions.

People tend to have different intuitions on this, depending on their upbringing and the values of their society.

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4 is correct!

If we appeal to our moral intuitions, we'll agree that the serious duty not to kill a human life (or a potential human life) begins at

    { 1 } - rationality.
    { 2 } - birth.
    { 3 } - conception.
    { 4 } - We'll disagree about this if we appeal to our moral intuitions.

Our moral intuitions here tend to reflect how we were brought up. Catholics (who were taught to oppose infanticide and abortion) tend toward "conception" intuitions. Many today (who are taught to accept abortion but not infanticide) tend toward "birth" intuitions. And ancient Romans (who were taught to allow both infanticide and abortion) tend toward "rationality" intuitions.

So appealing to intuitions brings an impasse. To resolve the issue rationally, we need to appeal to something more basic.

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