Answer the following questions about some criticisms of the arguments invoking t
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Answer the following questions about some criticisms of the arguments invoking these stages of fetal development: Conception or fertilization: The fact that there is no structure or cellular differentiation shortly after the time of conception is sometimes cited to support which of the following claims? O Personhood cannot begin at conception because there is nothing resembling a "person" at this early stage of fetal development. O Creationism is more plausible explanatory theory than evolutionary biology. The fetus has a right to life, from the moment of conception onward. O Personhood begins at conception, merely because of the presence of unique genetic material (DNA) Brain development: Very early in pregnancy, what is the relation between the human brain and other animal brains? The human brain, very early in pregnancy, displays uniquely human characteristics such as the capacity for abstract thought and language, unlike other animal brains The human brain, very early in pregnancy, is arguably not significantly different from other animal brains in structure or function. The human brain develops much more rapidly than the brains of other animals, with full brain activity and the capacity to feel pain occurring between the sixth and eighth week of development. Unlike the brain activity of other animals, human brain activity is detectable almost immediately after conception Quickening: Which of the following is the most accurate description of the development of a fetus's ability to move? O Quickening is identical to the time of conception and occurs before implantation in the uterus O The fetus develops the ability to move according to its own volition, suddenly and immediately. O Quickening is a myth; fetal movements do not occur until after the time of birth O There is no dramatic break in the development of a fetus's ability to move Viability: What is the most practical problem involving viability as a moral criterion? O The point of viability varies with progress in medical technology, with the mother's socioeconomic background, and even by sex and race. O The fetus becomes viable only very shortly before birth, making viability useless as a criterion for the ?oral permissibility ofterm rating a pregnancy O The fetus is viable very shortly after the point of conception, usually during the first six weeks of fetal development. O There is no qualitative difference between early stages of pregnancy and later stages of pregnancy in terms of the viability of the fetusExplanation / Answer
personhood begins at conception, merely because of presence of unique genetic material(DNA) human brain develops much more rapidly than the brains of other animals with full brain activity and the capacity to feel pain occuring between the sixth and the eighth week of development. there is no dramatic break in the development of a fetuses ability to move thereis no qualitative difference between early stages of pregnancy and later stages of pregnancy in terms of viability of the fetus