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October 24, 2008: There Is No Pro-Life Vote In This Election, Bruce Ledewitz
October 24, 2008: There Is No Pro-Life Vote In This Election, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ “ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Living On The Edge: The Margins Of Legal Personhood, Symposium Foreword, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan
Living On The Edge: The Margins Of Legal Personhood, Symposium Foreword, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan
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In January 2008, at the Association of American Law Schools' annual meeting, the Jurisprudence Section conducted a panel on "The Margins of Legal Personhood." The goal of this panel was to draw (or sever) connections between and among different "marginal" entities: the psychopath, the animal, and the embryo or fetus. As is perhaps immediately apparent, these entities are not marginalized in a political sense, but rather lie at the margins of our moral and legal communities. Prima facie, they may have some, but lack all, of the capacities necessary for full membership. Because they live on the edge, we must …